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docs: improved & fixed code sample #38776

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directly import http
todortotev May 22, 2021
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json stringify instead of querystring.stringify
todortotev May 22, 2021
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use single quotes and semicolons for consistency
todortotev May 23, 2021
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application/json instead of x-www-form-urlencoded
todortotev May 24, 2021
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions doc/api/http.md
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Expand Up @@ -2898,7 +2898,9 @@ class. The `ClientRequest` instance is a writable stream. If one needs to
upload a file with a POST request, then write to the `ClientRequest` object.

```js
const postData = querystring.stringify({
const http = require('http');

const postData = JSON.stringify({
'msg': 'Hello World!'
});

Expand All @@ -2908,7 +2910,7 @@ const options = {
path: '/upload',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(postData)
}
};
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