http_post.js

"use strict";
var http_1 = require('http');
function httpF(method) {
    return function (options, body_or_cb, cb) {
        if (!cb) {
            cb = body_or_cb;
            body_or_cb = null;
        }
        options['method'] = method;
        if (body_or_cb)
            if (!options)
                options = { 'headers': { 'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(body_or_cb) } };
            else if (!options.headers)
                options.headers = { 'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(body_or_cb) };
            else if (!options.headers['Content-Length'])
                options.headers['Content-Length'] = Buffer.byteLength(body_or_cb);
        var req = http_1.request(options, function (res) {
            if (!res)
                return cb(res);
            else if ((res.statusCode / 100 | 0) > 3)
                return cb(res);
            return cb(null, res);
        });
        body_or_cb && req.write(body_or_cb);
        req.end();
        return req;
    };
}
var httpPOST = httpF('POST');
httpPOST({
    protocol: 'http:',
    host: 'httpbin.org',
    path: '/post',
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
}, JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }), function (err, res) {
    if (err)
        console.error(err.statusCode, err.statusMessage);
    else
        console.info(res.statusCode, res.statusMessage);
});

http_post.ts

import {RequestOptions, IncomingMessage, ClientRequest, request as http_request} from 'http';

interface callback {
    (res: IncomingMessage): void;
}

interface cb {
    (err: IncomingMessage, res?: IncomingMessage): void;
}

function httpF(method: 'POST'|'PUT'|'PATCH'|'HEAD'|'GET'|'DELETE') {
    return (options: RequestOptions,
            body_or_cb: string|callback|cb|AsyncResultCallback<{}>,
            cb?: callback|cb|AsyncResultCallback<{}>): ClientRequest => {
        if (!cb) {
            cb = <callback|cb|AsyncResultCallback<{}>>body_or_cb;
            body_or_cb = null;
        }

        options['method'] = method;

        if (body_or_cb)
            if (!options)
                options = {'headers': {'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(<string>body_or_cb)}};
            else if (!options.headers)
                options.headers = {'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(<string>body_or_cb)};
            else if (!options.headers['Content-Length'])
                options.headers['Content-Length'] = Buffer.byteLength(<string>body_or_cb);

        const req = http_request(options, (res: IncomingMessage) => {
            if (!res) return (<cb>cb)(res);
            else if ((res.statusCode / 100 | 0) > 3) return (<cb>cb)(res);
            return (<cb>cb)(null, res);
        });
        //body_or_cb ? req.end(<string>body_or_cb, cb) : req.end();
        body_or_cb && req.write(body_or_cb);
        req.end();

        return req;
    }
}

const httpPOST = httpF('POST');

httpPOST({
    protocol: 'http:',
    host: 'httpbin.org',
    path: '/post',
    headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
}, JSON.stringify({hello: 'world'}), (err: IncomingMessage, res: IncomingMessage) => {
    if (err) console.error(err.statusCode, err.statusMessage);
    else console.info(res.statusCode, res.statusMessage);
});