Node.js http.ClientRequest.method API
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24 Sep, 2021
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The http.ClientRequest.method is an inbuilt application programming interface of class ClientRequest within http module which is used to get the object of client request method.
Syntax:
const request.method
Parameters: This API does not accept any argument as parameter.
Return Value : This method returns the object of client request method.
Example 1:
// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// request.method APi
// Importing http module
const http = require('http');
// Create an HTTP server
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
res.end('okay');
});
// Now that server is running
server.listen(3000, '127.0.0.1', () => {
// make a request
const options = {
port: 3000,
host: '127.0.0.1',
headers: {
'Connection': 'Upgrade',
'Upgrade': 'websocket'
}
};
// getting client request
const req = http.request(options);
// getting method
// by using method api
const v = req.method;
// display the result
console.log("method :- " + v)
process.exit(0)
});
Output:

Reference: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v12.x/docs/api/http.html#http_request_method