rawformdata

node-rawformdata

Generate raw form data for posting and uploading via http or https.request()

Installation

npm install rawformdata

Usage overview

var http = require('http'),
	RawFormData = require('rawformdata');

var rawFormData = new RawFormData();

rawFormData.addField('name', 'Chad Smith');
rawFormData.addField('email', '[e-mail]');
rawFormData.addFile('resume', 'resume.pdf');

var req = http.request({
	host: 'examplesite.com',
	path: '/upload',
	method: 'POST',
	headers: rawFormData.getHeaders()
});

for(var buffer = rawFormData.getBuffer(), i = 0, len = buffer.length; i < len; i++)
	req.write(buffer[i]);

req.end();

Methods

• rawFormData.addField(fieldname, value) - Adds a new form field named fieldname with a value of value
• rawFormData.addFile(fieldname, filename) - Adds a new file field named fieldname with the content of filename
• rawFormData.getHeaders() - Returns an object containing the Content-Type and Content-Length headers
• rawFormData.getBuffer() - Returns an array of the buffered raw form data

TODO

See the issue tracker.

Author

Chad Smith ([e-mail]).

License

This project is UNLICENSED.