How to add headers

[adammendoza]

How can I add headers to the request?

[frankrousseau]

Hi @adammendoza,

At the client level, you can specify headers like this:

client = require('request-json').newClient('http://localhost:8888')
client.headers['Content-size'] = 34;
client.get ... // This request will use headers specified at the client level

Or you can set headers only for a given request:

client = require('request-json').newClient('http://localhost:8888')
client.get('api/data', {headers: {'Content-size': 34}}, function(err, res, body) { 
    ... 
});

[frankrousseau]

Does it work for you?

[adammendoza]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

[spiderworm]

What's the syntax for setting headers for only a single request with post and put requests?

[frankrousseau]

This snippet should work:

client = require('request-json').newClient('http://localhost:8888')
client.post('api/data/new', {name: 'test'}, {headers: {'Content-size': 34}}, function(err, res, body) { 
    ... 
});

[spiderworm]

Thanks. That is working. So the data object appears to always come before the headers object but before the callback.

[frankrousseau]

Yes, you're right.