---
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: http/requests
    identifier: http/requests/post
weight: 201
flux/v0/tags: [http, inputs]
---

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



##### 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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## 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](#make-a-post-request-with-a-json-body-and-decode-json-response)
- [Make a POST request with query parameters](#make-a-post-request-with-query-parameters)

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

```js
import "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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### Make a POST request with query parameters

```js
import "http/requests"

response =
    requests.post(url: "http://example.com", params: ["start": ["100"], "interval": ["1h", "1d"]])

// Full URL: http://example.com?start=100&interval=1h&interval=1d
requests.peek(response: response)

```

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#### Output data

| statusCode  | body                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | headers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | duration  |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| 200         | <!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Example Domain</title>

    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
    <style type="text/css">
    body {
        background-color: #f0f0f2;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
        
    }
    div {
        width: 600px;
        margin: 5em auto;
        padding: 2em;
        background-color: #fdfdff;
        border-radius: 0.5em;
        box-shadow: 2px 3px 7px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.02);
    }
    a:link, a:visited {
        color: #38488f;
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    @media (max-width: 700px) {
        div {
            margin: 0 auto;
            width: auto;
        }
    }
    </style>    
</head>

<body>
<div>
    <h1>Example Domain</h1>
    <p>This domain is for use in illustrative examples in documents. You may use this
    domain in literature without prior coordination or asking for permission.</p>
    <p><a href="https://www.iana.org/domains/example">More information...</a></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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    Expires: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:02:21 GMT, 
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