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compare `qs.stringify` and `axios post with a dict` (using content-type `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`)
const axios = require('axios')
const qs = require('qs')
const url = 'https://httpbin.org/post'
const clientId = '9495d6bb-41c2-4c58-848f-92e52cf3d640'
const clientSecret = '9495d6bb-41c2-4c58-848f-92e52cf3d640'
async function stringify(resource) {
let params = {
grant_type: 'client_credentials',
client_id: `${clientId}`,
client_secret: `${clientSecret}`,
resource
}
const body = qs.stringify(params)
const response = await axios.post(url, body, {
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
},
});
return response
};
async function pureAxios(resource) {
let params = {
grant_type: 'client_credentials',
client_id: `${clientId}`,
client_secret: `${clientSecret}`,
resource
}
const body = params;
const response = await axios.post(url, body, {
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}
})
return response
}
async function compare() {
const resource = 'https://management.azure.com/.default'
const stringifyResponse = await stringify(resource)
const pureAxiosResponse = await pureAxios(resource)
const leftData = stringifyResponse.data
delete leftData.headers['X-Amzn-Trace-Id']
const rightData = pureAxiosResponse.data
delete rightData.headers['X-Amzn-Trace-Id']
const left = JSON.stringify(leftData)
const right = JSON.stringify(rightData)
let differs = false
for (let i = 0; i < Math.max(left.length, right.length); i++) {
if (left[i] !== right[i]) {
console.log(i)
console.log(left.slice(i - 3, i + 3))
console.log(right.slice(i - 3, i + 3))
differs = true
}
}
if (!differs) {
console.log('No differences')
}
}
async function main() {
await compare()
}
main()
module.exports = {
stringify,
pureAxios,
compare
}
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