Create an Edge user with node.js

create_edge_user.js

const https = require('https');

var querystring = require('querystring');

//FixMe; this is INSECURE!
process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "0";

var payload = querystring.stringify({
  "username": "dandye",
  "password": "redacted",
  "first_name": "Dan",
  "last_name": "Dye",
  "email": "[email protected]"
});

var options = {
	hostname:'198.61.196.224',
	  port: 443,
	  path: '/api/users/',
	  method: 'POST',
	  auth: 'admin:redacted',
          headers: {
	    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
	    'Content-Length': payload.length
          }
};

var req = https.request(options, (res) => {
	  console.log('statusCode: ', res.statusCode);
          res.setEncoding('utf8');
	  res.on('data', (d) => {
	         process.stdout.write(d);
	  });
});

req.on('error', (e) => {
	  console.error(e);
});

req.write(payload);
req.end();