Simple POST nodejs

gistfile1.js

  obj.post = function(url, data, cb) {
    var http = require('http');

    var dt = JSON.stringify(data);

    var options = {
      host: url,
      path: '/new',
      port: 3000,
      method: 'POST',
      headers : {
        'Content-Length': dt.length,                                                                                                                                                                                                          
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
      }
    };

    var req = http.request(options, function(res) {
      res.setEncoding('utf8');

      res.on('data', function (chunk) {
        console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);
      });
    });

    req.on('error', function(e) {
      console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message);
    });

    // write data to request body                                                                                                                                                                                                             
    req.write(dt, 'utf8');
    req.end();

  };