/// <reference path="../../typings/index.d.ts" />

import * as querystring from "querystring";
import * as http from "http";

export class HTTPClient {

    public post(host: string, port: number, path: string, data: string) {
        // An object of options to indicate where to post to
        let post_options = {
            host: host,
            port: port,
            path: path,
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
                "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(data)
            }
        };

        // Set up the request
        let post_req = http.request(post_options, function(res) {
            res.setEncoding("utf8");
            res.on("data", function (chunk: any) {
                console.log("Response: " + chunk);
            });
        });

        // post the data
        post_req.write(data);
        post_req.end();

    }
}