// We need this to build our post string var http = require('http'); var fs = require('fs'); // An object of options to indicate where to post to var post_options = { host: 'localhost', port: '8004', path: '/', method: 'POST', headers: { Host: "127.0.0.1" } }; // Set up the request var post_req = http.request(post_options, function(res) { res.setEncoding('utf8'); res.on('data', function (chunk) { console.log('Response: ' + chunk); }); }); // post the data post_req.write("hello world hello world hello world hello world hello world "); post_req.end();