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undici.request() examples

A simple GET request, read the response body as text:

const { request } = require('undici')
async function getRequest (port = 3001) {
  // A simple GET request
  const {
    statusCode,
    headers,
    body
  } = await request(`http://localhost:${port}/`)

  const data = await body.text()
  console.log('response received', statusCode)
  console.log('headers', headers)
  console.log('data', data)
}

A JSON POST request, read the response body as json:

const { request } = require('undici')
async function postJSONRequest (port = 3001) {
  const requestBody = {
    hello: 'JSON POST Example body'
  }

  const {
    statusCode,
    headers,
    body
  } = await request(
    `http://localhost:${port}/json`,
    { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify(requestBody) }
  )

  // .json() will fail if we did not receive a valid json body in response:
  const decodedJson = await body.json()
  console.log('response received', statusCode)
  console.log('headers', headers)
  console.log('data', decodedJson)
}

A Form POST request, read the response body as text:

const { request } = require('undici')
async function postFormRequest (port = 3001) {
  // Make a URL-encoded form POST request:
  const qs = require('node:querystring')

  const requestBody = {
    hello: 'URL Encoded Example body'
  }

  const {
    statusCode,
    headers,
    body
  } = await request(
    `http://localhost:${port}/form`,
    { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }, body: qs.stringify(requestBody) }
  )

  const data = await body.text()
  console.log('response received', statusCode)
  console.log('headers', headers)
  console.log('data', data)
}

A FormData request with file stream, read the response body as text

const { request } = require('undici')
const { openAsBlob } = require('fs')

async function formDataBlobRequest () {
  // Make a FormData request with file stream:

  const formData = new FormData()
  formData.append('field', 42)
  formData.set('file', await openAsBlob('./index.mjs'))

  const response = await request('http://127.0.0.1:3000', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: formData
  })
  console.log(await response.body.text())

  const data = await body.text()
  console.log('response received', statusCode)
  console.log('headers', headers)
  console.log('data', data)
}

A DELETE request

const { request } = require('undici')
async function deleteRequest (port = 3001) {
  // Make a DELETE request
  const {
    statusCode,
    headers,
    body
  } = await request(
    `http://localhost:${port}/something`,
    { method: 'DELETE' }
  )

  console.log('response received', statusCode)
  console.log('headers', headers)
  // For a DELETE request we expect a 204 response with no body if successful, in which case getting the body content with .json() will fail
  if (statusCode === 204) {
    console.log('delete successful')
    // always consume the body if there is one:
    await body.dump()
  } else {
    const data = await body.text()
    console.log('received unexpected data', data)
  }
}