Require.js POST Request To Spotify Web Api Returning "Error Parsing Json"

According to Spotify Web API Create Playlist, once authorization is successful, a POST with the access_token and a few other parameters should create a new playlist for the user.

Solution 1:

Instead of using data, use body:

    var request = require('request');
    var authOptions1 = {
        url: 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/' + username + '/playlists',
        body: JSON.stringify({
            'name': name,
            'public': false
        }),
        dataType:'json',
        headers: {
            'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token,
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        }
    };

    request.post(authOptions1, function(error, response, body) {
        console.log(body);
    });

that should make it.

Solution 2:

According to https://github.com/mikeal/request#requestoptions-callback

var authOptions1 = {
    url: 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/' + username + '/playlists',
    form: { // data = form
        'name': name,
        'public': false
    },
    json: true, // dataType: json = json: true
    headers: {
        'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    }
};

request.post(authOptions1, function(error, response, body) {
    console.log(body);
});