docs-v2/content/flux/v0.x/stdlib/experimental/http/requests/post.md

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requests.post() function	`requests.post()` makes an HTTP request using the POST request method.	flux_0_x_ref name parent requests.post requests	401	http inputs outputs	0.152.0

requests.post() makes an HTTP request using the POST request method.

import "experimental/http/requests"

requests.post(
    url: "http://example.com",
    params: ["example-param": ["example-param-value"]],
    headers: ["Example-Header": "example-header-value"],
    body: bytes(v: ""),
    config: requests.defaultConfig,
)

requests.post() returns a record with the following properties:

• statusCode: HTTP status code of the request.
• body: Response body. A maximum size of 100MB is read from the response body.
• headers: Response headers.

Parameters

url

URL to send the request to.

{{% note %}} The URL should not include any query parameters. Use params to specify query parameters. {{% /note %}}

params

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

headers

Set of key values pairs to include as request headers.

body

Data to send with the request.

config

Set of request configuration options. See HTTP configuration option examples.

Examples

• Make a POST request
• Make a POST request with authorization
• Make a POST request with a JSON body
• Output HTTP POST response data in a table

Make a POST request

import "json"
import "experimental/http/requests"

requests.post(url:"http://example.com", body: json.encode(v: {data: {x:1, y: 2, z:3}))

Make a POST request with authorization

import "json"
import "experimental/http/requests"
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"

token = secrets.get(key: "TOKEN")

requests.post(
    url: "http://example.com",
    body: json.encode(v: {data: {x: 1, y: 2, z: 3}}),
    headers: ["Authorization": "Bearer ${token}"],
)

Make a POST request with a JSON body

Use json.encode() to encode a Flux record as a JSON object.

import "experimental/http/requests"
import "json"

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

Output HTTP POST response data in a table

To quickly inspect HTTP response data, use requests.peek() to output HTTP response data in a table.

import "experimental/http/requests"

response = requests.post(url: "http://example.com")

requests.peek(response: response)