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Imgur uploads working via client-side javascript but not node.js. Flummoxed

This works:

    $.post( 
        'http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json', 
        { 
            key: 'dsfdwerwersf53534dfsfse3', 
            image: 'http://i.imgur.com/UH17u.png' 
        }, 
        function( data ) { console.log( data.upload.links.original ); }
    );

When I run this in Chrome's console, imgur sends me the url of the uploaded image right away: http://i.imgur.com/KrHMY.png. Excellent.

.

Now I'm try the same thing on the server-side using node.js but it doesn't work:

    var 
        express = require( 'express' )
    ,   app = express.createServer()
    ,   request = require( 'superagent' );


    app.get( '/', function( req, res ) {
        request
            .post( 'http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json' )
            .send( { key: 'dsfdwerwersf53534dfsfse3', image: 'http://i.imgur.com/UH17u.png' } )
            .end( function( data ) {
                console.log( data.upload.links.original );
            });
    });

    app.listen( '8080' );

When I run the node.js app, imgur sends back this response:

text: '{"error":{"message":"No API key was sent, and no user is authenticated","request":"\\/2\\/upload.json","method":"post","format":"json","parameters":"image = {\\"key\\":\\"dsfdwerwersf53534dfsfse3\\",\\"image\\":\\"http:\\/\\/i.imgur.com\\/UH17u.png\\"}"}}',

The key part is this: No API key was sent. Why isn't imgur recognizing the key I'm sending with the POST?

I've tried using both request and superagent modules. I feel silly not being able to figure out why something so simple isn't working. Appreciate any pointers.

Solution

  • jQuery does sometime so much magie that it is hard to see it.

    Here I'd bet two thing either, I have not used superagent in month and I had stupid error like this one that made me sad.

    But here I bet that the body is a to string at best a json or your object. JQuery by default urlencode just like most API want the POST body to be. Use

    var = require('querystring');
/*...*/
.send(qs.encode({ key: '...', image: '...' }))