1. First Question

I have a route tested in insomnia which is working The route is sent as\with multiform option also, I have to set\change the preferences in insomnia not to validate SSL

However, I can not make it work on JS

import FormData from 'form-data';
import fetch    from 'node-fetch';
import  https   from 'https';

// process.env['NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED'] = '0';

const form = new FormData();
form.append("...", "...");
form.append("...", "...");
form.append("...", "...");
form.append("...", "...");

// Following block is to bypass wht authorization
const httpsAgent = new https.Agent({
  rejectUnauthorized: false,
});

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001',
    // 'User-Agent': 'insomnia/2023.5.8',
    'agent': httpsAgent,  // This Line is to bypass wht authorization
  }
};

options.body = form;

fetch('https:XXXXX', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

If I dont add form-data, I can not make a multiform option If I dont add httpAgent, I can not avoid SSL from been verified. Still, the request sends an error in token.

What am I doing wrong? How to bypass ALL this requirements

2. Second Question As I said before, I have this route running properly under insomnia How can I make to invoke a specific request (from outside INSOMNIA) and make it execute every XXX seconds? Can this be done automatically?

TIA

1. First Question

I have a route tested in insomnia which is working The route is sent as\with multiform option also, I have to set\change the preferences in insomnia not to validate SSL

However, I can not make it work on JS

import FormData from 'form-data';
import fetch    from 'node-fetch';
import  https   from 'https';

// process.env['NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED'] = '0';

const form = new FormData();
form.append("...", "...");
form.append("...", "...");
form.append("...", "...");
form.append("...", "...");

// Following block is to bypass wht authorization
const httpsAgent = new https.Agent({
  rejectUnauthorized: false,
});

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001',
    // 'User-Agent': 'insomnia/2023.5.8',
    'agent': httpsAgent,  // This Line is to bypass wht authorization
  }
};

options.body = form;

fetch('https:XXXXX', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

If I dont add form-data, I can not make a multiform option If I dont add httpAgent, I can not avoid SSL from been verified. Still, the request sends an error in token.

What am I doing wrong? How to bypass ALL this requirements

2. Second Question As I said before, I have this route running properly under insomnia How can I make to invoke a specific request (from outside INSOMNIA) and make it execute every XXX seconds? Can this be done automatically?

TIA

• javascript
• fetch-api
• multipartform-data
• form-data

• Ask one question, otherwise you run the risk of having this closed via "Needs more focus". Your second question sounds like something you could accomplish via a cron job and curl – Phil Commented Apr 1 at 23:24

1 Answer 1

You're most likely setting the wrong multipart/form-data mime boundary token for the actual payload.

When using the form-data package, you need to have it provide the appropriate headers, particularly content-type. When used with node-fetch, it does this automatically so you really don't need to customise the headers beyond agent.

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  body: form,
  headers: {
    agent: httpsAgent,
  },
};

fetch('https://example', options)
  // ...

Note that both fetch() and FormData are now native to Node.js (since v18). The syntax for working around invalid certs is a little different though

1. Install undici (the base framework for native Node.js Fetch)

   npm install undici
   

2. Create an Agent to accept invalid certificates and assign it to the dispatcher property

   import { Agent } from 'undici';
   
   const form = new FormData();
   form.append("...", "...");
   form.append("...", "...");
   form.append("...", "...");
   form.append("...", "...");
   
   fetch('https://example', {
     method: 'POST',
     body: form,
     dispatcher: new Agent({
       connect: {
         rejectUnauthorized: false,
       },
     }),
   })
     // ...
   

Reference: https://github/nodejs/undici/issues/1489#issuecomment-1543856261