## 0.4.0

### User-impacting

- Fix: Non-GET requests may have been problematic
- Enhancement: Allow POST body

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # CHANGES for client-tell
 
+## 0.4.0
+
+### User-impacting
+
+- Fix: Non-GET requests may have been problematic
+- Enhancement: Allow POST body
+
 ## 0.3.0
 
 ### User-impacting

index.js

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ async function post (e) {
     url: 'retrieve.js',
     body: {
       url,
+      postData: $('#postData').value,
       method: $('#method').value,
       headers: [...$('table.requestHeaders').rows].slice(1).reduce((h, row) => {
         const {cells} = row;
@@ -101,6 +102,12 @@ jml('div', {className: 'ancestor'}, [
     ['label', {className: 'col'}, [
       ['div', {className: 'urlCol'}, ['URL ']],
       ['input', {className: 'urlCol', type: 'url', $on: {change: post}}],
+      ['div', [
+        ['label', [
+          'Post body',
+          ['textarea', {id: 'postData', style: 'height: 100px; width: 100%;'}]
+        ]]
+      ]],
       ['div', [
         ['label', [
           'HTTP Method: ',

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "client-tell",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "description": "HTTP client app in HTML/Node",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {

server.js

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const retrieveURLAndHeaders = async function (req, res) {
     }
   });
   const urlObj = new URL(requestedInfo.url);
-  const {method} = requestedInfo;
+  const {method, postData} = requestedInfo;
 
   const opts = {
     hostname: urlObj.hostname,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const retrieveURLAndHeaders = async function (req, res) {
     headers: requestedInfo.headers
   };
   const protocol = urlObj.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
-  const rq = protocol.get(opts, async (resp) => {
+  const rq = protocol.request(opts, async (resp) => {
     console.log(`STATUS: ${res.statusCode}`);
     console.log(`HEADERS: ${JSON.stringify(res.headers)}`);
 
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ const retrieveURLAndHeaders = async function (req, res) {
   rq.on('error', (e) => {
     console.error(`problem with request: ${e.message}`);
   });
+  if (postData) {
+    rq.write(postData);
+  }
+  rq.end();
 };
 
 http.createServer((req, res) => {