Node's default HTTP request headers

node-default-headers.js

"use strict";

var http = require("http");

http.createServer(function (req) {
    console.log(req.headers);
})
.listen(1337);

http.get('http://localhost:1337');
// { host: 'localhost:1337', connection: 'close' }

var req = http.request({ hostname: 'localhost', port: 1337, path: '/', method: 'POST' });
req.write('data');
req.end();
// { host: 'localhost:1337', connection: 'close', 'transfer-encoding': 'chunked' }


var req2 = http.request({ hostname: 'localhost', port: 1337, path: '/', method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-length': 4 } });
req2.write('data');
req2.end();
// { 'content-length': 4, host: 'localhost:1337', connection: 'close' }