---
title: requests.post() function
description: >
  `requests.post()` makes a http POST request. This identical to calling `request.do(method: "POST", ...)`.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: requests.post
    parent: experimental/http/requests
    identifier: experimental/http/requests/post
weight: 301
flux/v0/tags: [http, inputs]
---

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`requests.post()` makes a http POST request. This identical to calling `request.do(method: "POST", ...)`.

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#### Deprecated
Experimental `requests.post` is deprecated in favor of [`requests.post`](/flux/v0/stdlib/http/requests/post/).
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##### Function type signature

```js
(
    url: string,
    ?body: bytes,
    ?config: {A with timeout: duration, insecureSkipVerify: bool},
    ?headers: [string:string],
    ?params: [string:[string]],
) => {statusCode: int, headers: [string:string], duration: duration, body: bytes}
```

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For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).
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## Parameters

### url
({{< req >}})
URL to request. This should not include any query parameters.



### params

Set of key value pairs to add to the URL as query parameters.
Query parameters will be URL encoded.
All values for a key will be appended to the query.



### headers

Set of key values pairs to include on the request.



### body

Data to send with the request.



### config

Set of options to control how the request should be performed.




## Examples

### Make a POST request with a JSON body and decode JSON response

```js
import "experimental/http/requests"
import ejson "experimental/json"
import "json"
import "array"

response =
    requests.post(
        url: "https://goolnk.com/api/v1/shorten",
        body: json.encode(v: {url: "http://www.influxdata.com"}),
        headers: ["Content-Type": "application/json"],
    )

data = ejson.parse(data: response.body)

array.from(rows: [data])

```

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#### Output data

| result_url                |
| ------------------------- |
| https://goolnk.com/BnXAE6 |

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