# Help with the HTTP request node
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766
**Category:** General
**Created:** [14 April 2026 12:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766 "2026-04-14T12:02:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 12:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/1 "2026-04-14T12:02:26Z")
I need to send a request, containing '\<' and '\>' as content, to a webhook.
Using webhook.site, I can see, that there are many '%3C' and '%3E's in the url while in debug panel it shows the original term. Here's an example:
```auto
https://webhook.site/330debe9-0f95-4805-a766-09cace553fcb?login=login_dl&password=password&type=import&really=1&content={apiKeyPROTOtestArtist+-+meTitle}
```
while webhook.site shows:
```auto
https://webhook.site/330debe9-0f95-4805-a766-09cace553fcb?login=login_dl&password=password&type=import&really=1&content={%3Cactive_item/%3E%3Cnew_item/%3E%3Cstationname.short%3EapiKeyPROTO%3C/stationname.short%3E%3Cmessage%3E%3Citem.artist%3EtestArtist%3C/item.artist%3E+-+%3Citem.title%3EmeTitle%3C/item.title%3E%3C/message%3E}
```
But this seems to be a problem for the target webhook...
Does anybody have an idea?
Thanks a lot!
Florian
---
### Author:  [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 12:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/2 "2026-04-14T12:17:26Z")
You could try something like this in a function node (untested as not near my PC)...
```auto
msg.url = "https://webhook.site/330debe9-0f95-4805-a766-09cace553fcb";
msg.payload = {
login: "login_dl",
password: "password",
type: "import",
really: 1,
content: `apiKeyPROTOtestArtist+-+meTitle`
};
return msg;
```
---
### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 13:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/3 "2026-04-14T13:36:52Z")
Thanks Dave,
but sorry, my fault: it's a GET request, so no payload inside...
---
### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/4 "2026-04-14T15:00:01Z")
Can you post a simple flow showing the problem? Preferably just an Inject node and the http node, so we can see exactly what you are doing.
---
### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/5 "2026-04-14T15:12:17Z")
You can set the http request node to append the payload query strings, in a get request
payload - `Append to query-string parameters`
Or use a template node to construct the URL using {{{ }}} to ignore html parsing of input variable. Read the sidebar help section.
---
### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/6 "2026-04-14T15:14:33Z")
```flows
[
{
"id": "b9f5087df343d410",
"type": "group",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"name": "DLplus A-T",
"style": {
"label": true
},
"nodes": [
"b19c8858b209f8ee",
"79de4164e7fd70c7",
"b6bfbdb005e8affd",
"8b1c012c8a8489fd"
],
"x": 54,
"y": 1139,
"w": 952,
"h": 82
},
{
"id": "b19c8858b209f8ee",
"type": "inject",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "Trigger",
"props": [],
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": false,
"onceDelay": 0.1,
"topic": "",
"x": 150,
"y": 1180,
"wires": [
[
"79de4164e7fd70c7"
]
],
"icon": "font-awesome/fa-mouse-pointer"
},
{
"id": "79de4164e7fd70c7",
"type": "function",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "create DLplus A-T",
"func": "let Data = {\n DlUrl: `https://webhook.site/88f91c09-92d7-44f0-ac91-86f78b2cd771`,\n login: `Login`,\n password: `pass`,\n station: `stationName` \n};\nlet trackArtistPlus = `theArtist`;\nlet trackTitlePlus = `theTitle`;\nlet DLplusUrl = `${Data.DlUrl}?login=${Data.login}&password=${Data.password}&type=import&really=1&content={${Data.station}${trackArtistPlus}+-+${trackTitlePlus}}`;\nDLplus = {url: DLplusUrl};\nDLplus.rejectUnauthorized = false;\nDLplus.type = \"DLplus (GET)\"; // Info only...\nDLplus.method = \"GET\";\n\nreturn DLplus;",
"outputs": 1,
"timeout": 0,
"noerr": 0,
"initialize": "",
"finalize": "",
"libs": [],
"x": 370,
"y": 1180,
"wires": [
[
"8b1c012c8a8489fd"
]
]
},
{
"id": "b6bfbdb005e8affd",
"type": "debug",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "show DLplus Answer",
"active": true,
"tosidebar": true,
"console": false,
"tostatus": false,
"complete": "true",
"targetType": "full",
"statusVal": "",
"statusType": "auto",
"x": 860,
"y": 1180,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "8b1c012c8a8489fd",
"type": "http request",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "",
"method": "use",
"ret": "txt",
"paytoqs": "ignore",
"url": "",
"tls": "",
"persist": false,
"proxy": "",
"insecureHTTPParser": false,
"authType": "",
"senderr": false,
"headers": [],
"x": 610,
"y": 1180,
"wires": [
[
"b6bfbdb005e8affd"
]
]
}
]
```
---
### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/7 "2026-04-14T15:26:56Z")
Hm... Tried
{{{url}}}
in the URL field, but it outputs the same...
And I can't find how to Append to query-string parameters. Do you have a few further hints for me? (the "Disable strict HTTP parsing" option doesn't change anything)
---
### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/8 "2026-04-14T15:30:25Z")
Set the http node to get, not by method, then it is available as a dropdown.
can you show us msg.req after the http request node?
---
### Author:  [@mudwalker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mudwalker)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/9 "2026-04-14T15:45:21Z")
When sharing code, [this is the best (and only) way to do it](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506) so that people can help you. An image just shows the Node Blocks and not what they contain.
---
### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/10 "2026-04-14T15:45:25Z")
Thanks! Since I always try to get everything controlled by function nodes...
The node seems not do accept the payload...
---
### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/11 "2026-04-14T15:48:18Z")
That's what I did... 🤔
Did you switch to the **Toggle Flows/Source** option in the lower right corner?
(the { } symbol)
---
### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/12 "2026-04-14T15:54:51Z")
Here's what I tried:
```flows
[
{
"id": "b9f5087df343d410",
"type": "group",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"name": "DLplus A-T",
"style": {
"label": true
},
"nodes": [
"b19c8858b209f8ee",
"79de4164e7fd70c7",
"b6bfbdb005e8affd",
"8b1c012c8a8489fd",
"a584144af6540ef9"
],
"x": 54,
"y": 1139,
"w": 952,
"h": 122
},
{
"id": "b19c8858b209f8ee",
"type": "inject",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "Trigger",
"props": [],
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": false,
"onceDelay": 0.1,
"topic": "",
"x": 150,
"y": 1220,
"wires": [
[
"79de4164e7fd70c7"
]
],
"icon": "font-awesome/fa-mouse-pointer"
},
{
"id": "79de4164e7fd70c7",
"type": "function",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "create DLplus A-T",
"func": "let Data = {\n DlUrl: `https://webhook.site/88f91c09-92d7-44f0-ac91-86f78b2cd771`,\n login: `Login`,\n password: `pass`,\n station: `stationName` \n};\nlet trackArtistPlus = `theArtist`;\nlet trackTitlePlus = `theTitle`;\nDLplus = {url: Data.DlUrl};\nDLplus.payload = `login=${Data.login}&password=${Data.password}&type=import&really=1&content={${Data.station}${trackArtistPlus}+-+${trackTitlePlus}}`;\nDLplus.rejectUnauthorized = false;\nDLplus.type = \"DLplus (GET)\"; // Info only...\n\nreturn DLplus;",
"outputs": 1,
"timeout": 0,
"noerr": 0,
"initialize": "",
"finalize": "",
"libs": [],
"x": 370,
"y": 1220,
"wires": [
[
"8b1c012c8a8489fd",
"a584144af6540ef9"
]
]
},
{
"id": "b6bfbdb005e8affd",
"type": "debug",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "show DLplus Answer",
"active": true,
"tosidebar": true,
"console": false,
"tostatus": false,
"complete": "true",
"targetType": "full",
"statusVal": "",
"statusType": "auto",
"x": 860,
"y": 1220,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "8b1c012c8a8489fd",
"type": "http request",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "",
"method": "GET",
"ret": "txt",
"paytoqs": "query",
"url": "",
"tls": "",
"persist": false,
"proxy": "",
"insecureHTTPParser": true,
"authType": "",
"senderr": false,
"headers": [],
"x": 610,
"y": 1220,
"wires": [
[
"b6bfbdb005e8affd"
]
]
},
{
"id": "a584144af6540ef9",
"type": "debug",
"z": "be78e41b9d95865c",
"g": "b9f5087df343d410",
"name": "payload",
"active": true,
"tosidebar": true,
"console": false,
"tostatus": false,
"complete": "true",
"targetType": "full",
"statusVal": "",
"statusType": "auto",
"x": 600,
"y": 1180,
"wires": []
}
]
```
But I get an "invalid payload" message from the request node. Does it expect a different format?
---
### Author:  [@mudwalker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mudwalker)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/13 "2026-04-14T15:58:26Z")
No, I didn’t, because I thought the boxes at the bottom were part of the image. (I must read up on these features it this is new!) But then, selfishly, I need to do another action and download a file to my computer, before I can begin to help,
---
### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 15:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/14 "2026-04-14T15:58:36Z")
Try putting it in the payload property as @dynamicdave described [here](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/2)
---
### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/15 "2026-04-14T16:04:21Z")
> [@mudwalker](#):
>
> I need to do another action and download a file to my computer, before I can begin to help,
You can click the Copy Flow to Clipboard button (second from the left).
---
### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/16 "2026-04-14T16:09:57Z")
Okay, so I can do both! 😉
First, that's the payload:
And now it accepts the payload (only a few steps later...), but the answer (and also the input shown on the webhook.site panel) keeps the same.
Here's webhook's answer (formatted as code because the editor interpreted a couple of the problems itself...):
```auto
responseUrl: "https://webhook.site/88f91c09-92d7-44f0-ac91-86f78b2cd771?login=login_dl&password=password&type=import&really=1&content=%3Cactive_item%2F%3E%3Cnew_item%2F%3E%3Cstationname.short%3EapiKeyPROTO%3C%2Fstationname.short%3E%3Cmessage%3E%3Citem.artist%3EtestArtist%3C%2Fitem.artist%3E%2B-%2B%3Citem.title%3EmeTitle%3C%2Fitem.title%3E%3C%2Fmessage%3E"
```
Seems to be kind of a limitation/speciality of the used 'get' library?
---
### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 16:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/17 "2026-04-14T16:26:58Z")
What is returned if you paste the url in the browser?
As to me it looks like the webook site is not accepting a properly formated and encoded url query string.
---
### Author:  [@FloRu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FloRu)
#### Post date: [14 April 2026 18:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/18 "2026-04-14T18:07:25Z")
Its behaviour is similar to the webhook that I have to send my data to.
The interesting thing is, that the software that I want to replace uses an engine (maybe) from or at least like mozilla, and the webhook interprets the content correct. So my guess is that I have to try to get the same result until my piece of software will work as expected.
When I paste the url into Safari, it will get "corrected" the wrong way.
Well, without any help from the other side (of the desired webhook), I think I have to cancel this "project" because it seems to me not clear enough, if that is the true problem...
And on the other side it would be interesting, if I could find a solution on this behaviour...
Thanks for your help!
---
### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [13 July 2026 18:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-the-http-request-node/100766/19 "2026-07-13T18:07:33Z")
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