Github API error when creating repo from CL with node, JSON parsing error

Question

Creating a node CLI to create repos from CL, having an issue posting to github api. I'm using the request module to post to the github API.

request.post({
    url: 'https://api.github.com/user/repos',
    headers:{
        'User-Agent': 'git CL - node', 
        'Content-type': 'application/json'
    },
    auth:{
        username: '-username-',
        password: '-password-'
    }, 
    form:{ 
        name: "a-new-repo" 
    }

}, function(err, res, body){
    console.log(body);
});

The error I'm getting is {"message":"Problems parsing JSON","documentation_url":"http://developer.github.com/v3"}

I've tried a ton of things, like

Setting multipart data
body instead of form data
Setting the content-type
Sending as JSON

Things I know are correct

authentication --- I'm able to get a correct response if i do a GET req, its just the POST
POST path and headers

Link for request-module

Link for github-api

aredridel · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-01 17:37:17Z

2

Set json to the data you want to send, not form:

request.post({
    url: 'https://api.github.com/user/repos',
    headers:{
        'User-Agent': 'git CL - node', 
        'Content-type': 'application/json'
    },
    auth:{
        username: '-username-',
        password: '-password-'
    }, 
    json:{ 
        name: "a-new-repo" 
    },
}, function(err, res, body){
    console.log(body);
});

answered Feb 1, 2014 at 17:37

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Chris Alexander · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-01 16:57:08Z

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There is a parameter called json in the API docs, have you tried setting that to be true?

From my reading, this is what is necessary to send the form data as a JSON structure, rather than as form-encoded in the request body.

request.post({
    url: 'https://api.github.com/user/repos',
    headers:{
        'User-Agent': 'git CL - node', 
        'Content-type': 'application/json'
    },
    auth:{
        username: '-username-',
        password: '-password-'
    }, 
    form:{ 
        name: "a-new-repo" 
    },
    json: true

}, function(err, res, body){
    console.log(body);
});

answered Feb 1, 2014 at 16:57

Chris Alexander

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Jackson Geller Over a year ago

I got the answer, instead of sending as a form, send it as json.

Chris Alexander Over a year ago

Could you provide an answer with a code snippet, for other people who are interested?

thescientist Over a year ago

@ChrisAlexander look at the other answer

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