Convert cURL to Node.js

How cURL to Node.js works

The Node.js output uses axios with a config object — method, url, headers, params, data and auth map one-to-one from the cURL flags. JSON request bodies become JavaScript objects passed via data: (axios serializes them automatically), urlencoded bodies use the qs or URLSearchParams helper, and multipart uploads use the form-data package. axios throws on non-2xx by default, so the snippet uses try/catch instead of manually checking response.ok.

Node.js code example

Realistic GET + POST with headers and a JSON body, written using axios.

import axios from "axios";

// GET with headers and query params
try {
  const { data: users } = await axios.get("https://api.example.com/users", {
    headers: {
      Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
      "User-Agent": "MyApp/1.0",
    },
    params: { page: 1, limit: 50 },
    timeout: 30_000,
  });
  console.log(users.length, "users");
} catch (err) {
  console.error("GET failed:", err.response?.status, err.message);
}

// POST with JSON body
const { data: created } = await axios.post(
  "https://api.example.com/users",
  { name: "Ada Lovelace", email: "[email protected]" },
  {
    headers: {
      Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
  },
);
console.log("created", created.id);

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Convert to other languages

Need the same cURL command in a different language? Use one of these converters:

• cURL to Python
• cURL to JavaScript (fetch)
• cURL to PHP
• cURL to Go
• cURL to Java
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