NSOA.https.post(request)

Use this function to send an HTTPS POST request to transfer data to a server (and elicit a response). Parameters can be passed to the server using query string parameters, as well as the request body. What data is returned depends on the implementation of the server. The function will return an error if the URL requested does not use the HTTPS protocol. The function will follow redirects up to a maximum of 7. The response must not exceed 1MB in size.

Note:

If the client doesn’t start receiving a response from the server within 45 seconds of the request being fully sent, a connection timeout occurs. If the request times out, a response object is returned with a standard HTTP Status Code (500) and a "Client-Warning" header set.

Parameters

request {object} [required] — The request object is used to set the POST request parameters

Property	Type	Required / Optional	Description
url	string	required	The HTTPS URL being requested.
body	array\|object\|string	optional	The POST data. If the data is passed as an array or object, it will be automatically JSON serialized and URL encoded.
headers	object	optional	The HTTPS headers. The MIME type is set automatically to application/json when body is an array or object.

Property

Type

Required / Optional

Description

url

string

required

The HTTPS URL being requested.

body

array|object|string

optional

The POST data. If the data is passed as an array or object, it will be automatically JSON serialized and URL encoded.

headers

object

optional

The HTTPS headers. The MIME type is set automatically to application/json when body is an array or object.

Returns

response {object} [read-only] — The NSOA.https.post function returns the response object.

Property	Type	Description
body	object\|string	The response body.
code	string	The HTTP response status code.
headers	object	The response headers.

Property

Type

Description

body

object|string

The response body.

code

string

The HTTP response status code.

headers

object

The response headers.

Units Limit

10 units

For more information, see Scripting Governance.

Since

April 13, 2019

Example

This example sends form data to an endpoint using the HTTPS POST method, converts the response to a JSON string, displays it in a confirmation message and stores it as a log entry.

          function main(type) {
    
    var response = NSOA.https.post({
         url: 'https://postman-echo.com/post',
         body:  'foo1=bar1&foo2=bar2' ,
         headers: {'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
     });

    NSOA.meta.alert(JSON.stringify(response));
    NSOA.form.confirmation(JSON.stringify(response));
    
}

See Code Samples for more examples.