nodejs - first argument must be a string or Buffer - when using response.write with http.request

Question

I\'m simply trying to create a node server that outputs the HTTP status of a given URL.

When I try to flush the response with res.write, I get the error: throw new T

Answer 1

I get this error message and it mentions options.body

I had this originally

request.post({
    url: apiServerBaseUrl + '/v1/verify',
    body: {
        email: req.user.email
    }
});

I changed it to this:

request.post({
    url: apiServerBaseUrl + '/v1/verify',
    body: JSON.stringify({
        email: req.user.email
    })
});

and it seems to work now without the error message...seems like bug though.

I think this is the more official way to do it:

 request.post({
        url: apiServerBaseUrl + '/v1/verify',
        json: true,
        body: {
            email: req.user.email
        }
    });