Http Client using HTTP POST in Deno

Question

I would like to write a http client in Deno using an HTTP POST. Is this possible in Deno at this time?

For reference, is an example of doing an http GET in Deno:

const response = await fetch("<URL>");

I looked at the HTTP module in Deno and it appears to be focused on server side only at this time.

Answer 1

To do a multipart/form-data POST, form post data can be packaged using the FormData object. Here is a client side example for sending form data over HTTP POST:

    // deno run --allow-net http_client_post.ts
    const form = new FormData();
    form.append("field1", "value1");
    form.append("field2", "value2");
    const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8080", {
        method: "POST",
        headers: { "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data" },
        body: form 
    });
    
    console.log(response)

Update 2020-07-21:

As per answer from @fuglede, to send JSON over HTTP POST:

    const response = await fetch(
      url,
      {
        method: "POST",
        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
        body: JSON.stringify({ field1: "value1", field2: "value2" })
      },
    );