How can I add raw data body to an axios request?

Question

I am trying to communicate with an API from my React application using Axios. I managed to get the GET request working, but now I need a POST one.

I need the body to be raw text, as I will write an MDX query in it. Here is the part where I make the request:

axios.post(baseUrl + 'applications/' + appName + '/dataexport/plantypes' + plan,
    {
      headers: { 'Authorization': 'Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
      'Content-Type' : 'text/plain' }
    }).then((response) => {
      this.setState({data:response.data});
      console.log(this.state.data);
    });

Here I added the content type part. But how can I add the body part?

Thank you.

Edit:

Here is a screenshot of the working Postman request

score 79 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '18 at 06:15

79

How about using direct axios API?

axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: baseUrl + 'applications/' + appName + '/dataexport/plantypes' + plan,
  headers: {}, 
  data: {
    foo: 'bar', // This is the body part
  }
});

Source: axios api

answered Jul 19 '18 at 06:15

Ukasha

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won't this mean that the data part is sent as JSON? – Karim Taha Jul 19 '18 at 06:49
How can we get the data: from a react form? Ex: user provides input and then we can use the inputted data to generate the json body – Jodi Dec 03 '20 at 20:20

score 25 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 17 '19 at 17:30

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You can use the below for passing the raw text.

axios.post(
        baseUrl + 'applications/' + appName + '/dataexport/plantypes' + plan, 
        body, 
        {
            headers: { 
                'Authorization': 'Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
                'Content-Type' : 'text/plain' 
            }
        }
).then(response => {
    this.setState({data:response.data});
    console.log(this.state.data);
});

Just have your raw text within body or pass it directly within quotes as 'raw text to be sent' in place of body.

The signature of the axios post is axios.post(url[, data[, config]]), so the data is where you pass your request body.

edited Jul 17 '19 at 17:30

Armand

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answered Jul 19 '18 at 06:18

Madhu Bhat

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I don't know why but this is not working. Can you take a look at the screenshot I added? Maybe I missed something. – Karim Taha Jul 19 '18 at 06:51
@KarimTaha Have you tried adding the whole text in place of `body`? – Madhu Bhat Jul 19 '18 at 07:36
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This is how you perform a curl -d 'some data to send' without a form field name in axios – Eric Dec 11 '18 at 13:21

score 24 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 01 '21 at 18:49

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You can use postman to generate code. Look at this image. Follow step1 and step 2.

If your endpoint just accepts data that have been sent with Body (in postman), You should send FormData.

var formdata = new FormData();
//add three variable to form
formdata.append("imdbid", "1234");
formdata.append("token", "d48a3c54948b4c4edd9207151ff1c7a3");
formdata.append("rate", "4");
      
let res = await axios.post("/api/save_rate", dataform);

answered Jul 01 '21 at 18:49

reza jafari

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I was coming to this post to help with an answer, and i just learned something new.. i never noticed or even clicked the code snippet button, and i've been using postman for more than i can remember.. +1 – Dany Balian Dec 29 '21 at 22:34

Ogglas · Answer 4 · 2020-08-13T10:45:28.600

The key is to use "Content-Type": "text/plain" as mentioned by @MadhuBhat.

axios.post(path, code, { headers: { "Content-Type": "text/plain" } }).then(response => {
    console.log(response);
});

A thing to note if you use .NET is that a raw string to a controller will return 415 Unsupported Media Type. To get around this you need to encapsulate the raw string in hyphens like this and send it as "Content-Type": "application/json":

axios.post(path, "\"" + code + "\"", { headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" } }).then(response => {
    console.log(response);
});

C# Controller:

[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult<string>> Post([FromBody] string code)
{
    return Ok(code);
}

https://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2017/sep/14/accepting-raw-request-body-content-in-aspnet-core-api-controllers

You can also make a POST with query params if that helps:

.post(`/mails/users/sendVerificationMail`, null, { params: {
  mail,
  firstname
}})
.then(response => response.status)
.catch(err => console.warn(err));

This will POST an empty body with the two query params:

POST http://localhost:8000/api/mails/users/sendVerificationMail?mail=lol%40lol.com&firstname=myFirstName

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53501339/3850405

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 23 '21 at 07:16

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You can pass the params like so

await axios.post(URL, {
  key:value //Second param will be your body
},
{
headers: {
  Authorization: ``,
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

this makes it easier to test/mock in Jest as well

answered Mar 23 '21 at 07:16

Jeffery Sidhu

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-1 What in your answer is different to that of @Uddesh_jain (except for the `Authorization` header which does not count, as it is already in the question)? – Tino Mar 23 '21 at 08:13

score 4 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 29 '21 at 09:43

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Here is my solution:

axios({
  method: "POST",
  url: "https://URL.com/api/services/fetchQuizList",
  headers: {
    "x-access-key": data,
    "x-access-token": token,
  },
  data: {
    quiz_name: quizname,
  },
})
.then(res => {
  console.log("res", res.data.message);
})
.catch(err => {
  console.log("error in request", err);
});

This should help

edited Jan 29 '21 at 09:43

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answered Jul 19 '18 at 07:38

Adnan

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score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 11 '19 at 18:15

I got same problem. So I looked into the axios document. I found it. you can do it like this. this is easiest way. and super simple.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/axios#using-applicationx-www-form-urlencoded-format

var params = new URLSearchParams();
params.append('param1', 'value1');
params.append('param2', 'value2');
axios.post('/foo', params);

You can use .then,.catch.

score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 29 '21 at 00:20

For sending form data in the body, you can just format the data in url params like this 'grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=12345&client_secret=678910' and attached it to data in the config for axios.

axios.request({
    method: 'post',
    url: 'http://www.example.com/',
    data: 'grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=12345&client_secret=678910',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    },
})

Keshav Gera · Answer 9 · 2020-02-05T15:35:35.977

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axios({
  method: 'post',     //put
  url: url,
  headers: {'Authorization': 'Bearer'+token}, 
  data: {
     firstName: 'Keshav', // This is the body part
     lastName: 'Gera'
  }
});

edited Feb 05 '20 at 15:35

answered Feb 05 '20 at 14:44

Keshav Gera

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It helps more if you supply an explanation why this is the preferred solution and explain how it works. We want to educate, not just provide code. – the Tin Man Feb 05 '20 at 21:30
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Data part is sent as JSON here and not a simple string – Ogglas Aug 13 '20 at 10:11

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 19 '20 at 13:53

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There many methods to send raw data with a post request. I personally like this one.

    const url = "your url"
    const data = {key: value}
    const headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    axios.post(url, data, headers)

answered Feb 19 '20 at 13:53

Uddesh Jain

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered May 10 '20 at 01:56

The only solution I found that would work is the transformRequest property which allows you to override the extra data prep axios does before sending off the request.

    axios.request({
        method: 'post',
        url: 'http://foo.bar/',
        data: {},
        headers: {
            'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        },
        transformRequest: [(data, header) => {
            data = 'grant_type=client_credentials'
            return data
        }]
    })

How can I add raw data body to an axios request?

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