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Im using NodeJS Request - Simplified HTTP Client

I seem to have problem working with HTTPS website, I am not getting result.

var request = require('request'); request.post({ url: "",//your url headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }, form: { myfield: "myfieldvalue" } },function (response, err, body){ console.log('Body:',JSON.parse(body)); }.bind(this));

Tested the API endpoint(which I cant share) on Postman, I just turn off SSL and it works, how do I do the same with request plugin?

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Just add this lines:

 rejectUnauthorized: false,//add when working with https sites requestCert: false,//add when working with https sites agent: false,//add when working with https sites

So your code would look like this:

var request = require('request'); request.post({ url: "",//your url headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }, rejectUnauthorized: false,//add when working with https sites requestCert: false,//add when working with https sites agent: false,//add when working with https sites form: { myfield: "myfieldvalue" } },function (response, err, body){ console.log('Body:',JSON.parse(body)); }.bind(this));
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Could you please clarify what effect your suggested settings will cause? Options rejectUnauthorized and requestCert are not mentioned in the docs.
@vsenko, essentially it just disable the ssl verification. which is a bit unsafe, if you dont trust the service you are connecting to.
It seems to me that it would be a good idea to clarify this in the answer, so that no one would ever use this approach in production.
@MarkRyanOrosa which one actually disables ssl verification? rejectUnauthorized? requestCert? agent? And what do the other two do?