post xml with axios nodejs

If you're looking to send XML data using Axios in Node.js, you can do so by following these steps:

  1. Install Axios and xml2js packages in your Node.js project using npm.
  2. Require both packages in your Node.js file.
  3. Convert your XML data into a JSON object using the xml2js package.
  4. Send your JSON data using the Axios POST method with a header of 'Content-Type': 'application/json'.

Here's an example code snippet:


const axios = require('axios');
const xml2js = require('xml2js');

const xmlData = '<example><title>Example Title</title><content>Example Content</content></example>';

xml2js.parseString(xmlData, (err, result) => {
  if (err) {
    throw err;
  }

  const jsonData = JSON.stringify(result);

  axios.post('http://example.com/post', jsonData, {
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
  }).then((response) => {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch((error) => {
    console.log(error);
  });
});

In this example, we're converting the XML data into a JSON object using the xml2js package's parseString method. We're then sending that JSON data using Axios's post method with the appropriate header. The URL we're posting to and any other options can be adjusted to suit your needs.

Another way to send XML data with Axios would be to use the 'text/xml' content type header instead of 'application/json'. Here's an example:


const axios = require('axios');

const xmlData = '<example><title>Example Title</title><content>Example Content</content></example>';

axios.post('http://example.com/post', xmlData, {
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'text/xml'
  }
}).then((response) => {
  console.log(response.data);
}).catch((error) => {
  console.log(error);
});

In this example, we're simply sending the XML data as a string with the appropriate content type header. This may be a simpler solution if you don't need to convert the XML to JSON first.

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