Send a correctly formed multipart/form-data request to a php script using node and axios

post.php

<?php
echo 'Data:'; var_dump($_POST);
echo 'ContentType:'; var_dump($_SERVER["CONTENT_TYPE"]);
echo 'Content:'; var_dump(file_get_contents('php://input'));

request.js

const axios = require('axios');
const FormData = require('form-data');

const HOST  = 'http://localhost:8000';
const url = 'post.php';

const params = {
  name: 'Hello',
  email: '[email protected]'
};

let data = new FormData();
data.append('data', JSON.stringify(params));
data.append('_method', 'post');
return axios({
    baseURL: HOST,
    method: 'post',
    headers:{
        "Content-Type": 'multipart/form-data; boundary='+data.getBoundary()
    },
    url,
    data: data.getBuffer()
}).then(
  r=>{
      console.log(r.data);
      console.log('success')
  }
).catch(
  e=>{
    console.log('error!')
    console.log(e.response.status);
    console.log(e.response.statusText)
  }
);