Perform Get request with body - Node js

Question

I'm trying to perform a GET request to elastic search api which is needed in this form

GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "more_like_this" : {
            "fields" : ["title", "description"],
            "like" : "Once upon a time",
            "min_term_freq" : 1,
            "max_query_terms" : 12
        }
    }
}

I used request But I can't find how to add body to the request.

Any help?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '18 at 10:14

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You can see the document about request(options, callback)

Also, GET method should't send any body, please confirm it's not POST.

request.get('http://localhost:8092/_search', {
  json: true,
  body: {
    "query": {
        "more_like_this" : {
            "fields" : ["title", "description"],
            "like" : "Once upon a time",
            "min_term_freq" : 1,
            "max_query_terms" : 12
        }
    }
  }
})

answered Jun 25 '18 at 10:14

joaner

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API is really GET method, it's works but weird. https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.3/_the_search_api.html – joaner Jun 25 '18 at 10:27
yes the GET request not recommended with body but it's happened :D BTW i was missing the `json: true,` – abdoutelb Jun 25 '18 at 10:34
More about `GET` with body at this thread: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/978061/http-get-with-request-body – t3__rry Jun 25 '18 at 11:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '18 at 08:07

If you use GET, you can't have body, you just have query. You can convert your query to string and add to your url, or use option with qs:

option = {
    url: 'your_url',
    qs: your_query
};
request(option, (error,res)=>{});

If want use body, you should use POST.

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 25 '18 at 10:13

-1

Hi have you tried simply passing your body as a second argument to your request?

request.get('yourEndpoint', { // your body })

answered Jun 25 '18 at 10:13

t3__rry

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i did it before but it was missing a param – abdoutelb Jun 25 '18 at 10:35

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 25 '18 at 10:15

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You can not add body to a get request, you will have to add a query string for the request to send those data.

answered Jun 25 '18 at 10:15

Ahmed Abdraboh

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GET can take body with the request, Thanks for your effort. – abdoutelb Jun 25 '18 at 10:36

Perform Get request with body - Node js

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