feat: support automatic json body for post requests

README.md

@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ const { $fetch } = require('ohmyfetch/node')
 const { users } = await $fetch('/api/users')
 ```
 
+## ✔️ JSON Body
+
+`$fetch` automatically stringifies request body (if an object is passed) and adds JSON `Content-Type` headers (for `put`, `patch` and `post` requests).
+
+```js
+const { users } = await $fetch('/api/users', { method: 'POST', body: { some: 'json' } })
+```
+
 ## ✔️ Handling Errors
 
 `$fetch` Automatically throw errors when `response.ok` is `false` with a friendly error message and compact stack (hiding internals).

src/fetch.ts

@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ export type FetchRequest = RequestInfo
 
 export interface SearchParams { [key: string]: any }
 
-export interface FetchOptions extends RequestInit {
+const payloadMethods = ['patch', 'post', 'put']
+
+export interface FetchOptions extends Omit<RequestInit, 'body'> {
   baseURL?: string
+  body?: RequestInit['body'] | Record<string, any>
   params?: SearchParams
   response?: boolean
 }
@@ -22,6 +25,24 @@ export interface $Fetch {
   raw<T = any>(request: FetchRequest, opts?: FetchOptions): Promise<FetchResponse<T>>
 }
 
+export function setHeader (options: FetchOptions, _key: string, value: string) {
+  const key = _key.toLowerCase()
+  options.headers = options.headers || {}
+  if ('set' in options.headers) {
+    ;(options.headers as Headers).set(key, value)
+  } else if (Array.isArray(options.headers)) {
+    const existingHeader = options.headers.find(([header]) => header.toLowerCase() === key)
+    if (existingHeader) {
+      existingHeader[1] = value
+    } else {
+      options.headers.push([key, value])
+    }
+  } else {
+    const existingHeader = Object.keys(options.headers).find(header => header.toLowerCase() === key)
+    options.headers[existingHeader || key] = value
+  }
+}
+
 export function createFetch ({ fetch }: CreateFetchOptions): $Fetch {
   const raw: $Fetch['raw'] = async function (request, opts) {
     if (opts && typeof request === 'string') {
@@ -31,8 +52,12 @@ export function createFetch ({ fetch }: CreateFetchOptions): $Fetch {
       if (opts.params) {
         request = withQuery(request, opts.params)
       }
+      if (opts.body && opts.body.toString() === '[object Object]' && payloadMethods.includes(opts.method?.toLowerCase() || '')) {
+        opts.body = JSON.stringify(opts.body)
+        setHeader(opts, 'content-type', 'application/json')
+      }
     }
-    const response: FetchResponse<any> = await fetch(request, opts)
+    const response: FetchResponse<any> = await fetch(request, opts as RequestInit)
     const text = await response.text()
     response.data = destr(text)
     if (!response.ok) {

test/index.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { listen, Listener } from 'listhen'
 import { getQuery } from 'ufo'
-import { createApp } from 'h3'
+import { createApp, useBody } from 'h3'
+import { Headers } from 'node-fetch'
 import { $fetch, FetchError } from '../src/node'
 
 describe('ohmyfetch', () => {
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ describe('ohmyfetch', () => {
       .use('/ok', () => 'ok')
       .use('/params', req => (getQuery(req.url || '')))
       .use('/url', req => req.url)
+      .use('/post', async req => ({ body: await useBody(req), headers: req.headers }))
     listener = await listen(app)
   })
 
@@ -26,6 +28,23 @@ describe('ohmyfetch', () => {
     expect(await $fetch('/x?foo=123', { baseURL: listener.getURL('url') })).toBe('/x?foo=123')
   })
 
+  it('stringifies posts body automatically', async () => {
+    const { body } = await $fetch(listener.getURL('post'), { method: 'POST', body: { num: 42 } })
+    expect(body).toEqual({ num: 42 })
+
+    const headerFetches = [
+      [['Content-Type', 'text/html']],
+      [],
+      { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' },
+      new Headers()
+    ]
+
+    for (const sentHeaders of headerFetches) {
+      const { headers } = await $fetch(listener.getURL('post'), { method: 'POST', body: { num: 42 }, headers: sentHeaders as any })
+      expect(headers).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'application/json' }))
+    }
+  })
+
   it('404', async () => {
     const err: FetchError = await $fetch(listener.getURL('404')).catch(err => err)
     expect(err.stack).toMatch('404 Not Found')