Node JS Http Request with Headers Example

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In this tutorial, you will learn node js http request with headers. i would like to share with you node js post request with headers. you will learn node js http get with headers. this example will help you node js make get request with headers.

i will give you two examples, using axios and request npm package for male post http request with pass headers using node js. let's see both example with output as bellow:

Example 1: HTTP Request with Headers using Axios

Create Node App:

mkdir my-request-app
cd my-request-app

npm init

Install Axios:

npm install axios --save

server.js

const axios = require('axios');
    
const data = {
    first_name: 'Hardik',
    last_name: 'Savani',
    email: 'hardik@gmail.com'
};
  
const options = {
  headers: {'Accept': 'application/json'}
};
    
axios.post('https://api.mywebtuts.com/api/users', data, options)
    .then((res) => {
        console.log(`Status: ${res.status}`);
        console.log('Body: ', res.data);
    }).catch((err) => {
        console.error(err);
    });

Run App

node server.js

Output

Status: 200
Body:  {
  first_name: 'Hardik',
  last_name: 'Savani',
  email: 'hardik@gmail.com',
  created_at: '2021-05-04T12:49:03.879271Z'
}

Example 2: HTTP Request Headers using Request

Create Node App:

mkdir my-request-app
cd my-request-app

npm init

Install Axios:

npm install request --save

server.js

const request = require('request');
    
const options = {
    url: 'https://api.mywebtuts.com/api/users',
    json: true,
    body: {
        first_name: 'Hardik',
        last_name: 'Savani',
        email: 'hardik@gmail.com'
    },
    headers: {'Accept': 'application/json'}
};
     
request.post(options, (err, res, body) => {
    if (err) {
        return console.log(err);
    }
    console.log(`Status: ${res.statusCode}`);
    console.log(body);
});

Run App

node server.js

Output

Status: 200
{
  first_name: 'Hardik',
  last_name: 'Savani',
  email: 'hardik@gmail.com',
  created_at: '2021-05-04T12:49:24.585309Z'
}

I hope it can help you...