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Node.JS How to properly make xhttp request to url every 20secs using node js

pandglobal

New Coder
Hello house, i am new to node js and i needed to run a task that makes an xhttp request to a given url every 20 secs.

So my hosting cpanel i saw nodejs setup, and after few clicks i got the setup running and the customer care for my hosting company said my nodejs setup was correct and running perfectly.
However am not getting the effect of the running as the expected xhttp request to the specific url is not working.
in my nodejs directory i created a file called NAME.js
And inside this NAME.js it has this simple code in it.
JavaScript:
// NAME.js
var play = setInterval(function(){
        
        const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.open("POST", "http://mydomain/process.php");
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/text");
        xhr.send('justtext');
        
    }, 2000);

but this effect is not working as the process.php file is not getting any post to it every 20 secs
 
the code you provided uses the XMLHttpRequest object, which is used to make HTTP requests from a web browser.

If you want to make HTTP requests from a Node.js script, you will need to use a different library. There are several options available, but a popular choice is the request library. You can install it by running the following command in your terminal:

Code:
npm install request

Once you have installed the request library, you can use it to make HTTP requests from your Node.js script like this:

Code:
const request = require('request');

setInterval(function() {
  request.post({
    url: 'http://mydomain/process.php',
    body: 'justtext',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/text'
    }
  }, function(error, response, body) {
    // handle the response
  });
}, 2000);

This code will make a POST request to the specified URL every 20 seconds.
 

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