How to HTTP post a data to Node express API from a Arduino esp8226?

Question

I am HTTP posting a data to this web API https://morning-cliffs-85779.herokuapp.com/api/users from an Arduino connected to esp8226. I am using the wifiesp library to HTTP_POST data.

The REST APIs are hosted in Heroku.

When I post it the Arduino gives the response

Connected to server
[WiFiEsp] Data packet send error (2)
[WiFiEsp] Failed to write to socket 3
[WiFiEsp] Disconnecting 3

and the Heroku server gives the response

at=error code=H13 desc="Connection closed without response"

Below is the Arduino code:

  if (client.connect(server, 80)) {
    Serial.println("Connected to server");
    // Make a HTTP request
    String content = "id=5bc58842bdfea0153bb27214&volt=7";
    client.println("POST /api/users HTTP/1.1");
    client.println("Host: morning-cliffs-85779.herokuapp.com:80");// ("Host": host:port)
    client.println("Accept: */*");
    client.println("Content-Length: " + content.length());
    client.println("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    client.println();
    client.println(content);
  }

This is the Node Express API:

app.post('/api/users', function (req, res) {

console.log('here');

if (req.body.id) {
    DevReading.findByIdAndUpdate(req.body.id, {
        volt: req.body.volt
    }, function (err, reading) {
        if (err) throw err;

        res.send('Update Success');
    });
}

else {

var newDevReading = DevReading ({
    deviceName: 'test',
    volt: req.body.volt
});

newDevReading.save(function (err) {
    if (err) throw err;
    res.send('Reading Post Success');
});
}

});

Answer 1

Did it heres the code

`if (client.connectSSL(server, 443)) {
Serial.println("Connected to server");
// Make a HTTP request
String PostData = content + volt;
Serial.println(PostData);
client.println("POST /api/users HTTP/1.1");
client.println("Host: morning-cliffs-85779.herokuapp.com");
client.println("Cache-Control: no-cache");
client.println("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
client.print("Content-Length: ");
client.println(PostData.length());
client.println();
client.println(PostData);
}`

Hope it helps some one