The first few short pkg:http examples

recipes/dart_io/pkg_http/bin/making_a_post_request.dart

Index: recipes/dart_io/pkg_http/bin/making_a_post_request.dart
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+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+
+void main() {
+  var url = 'http://httpbin.org/post';
+  http.post(url, fields: {"name": "doodle", "color": "blue"}).then((response) {

[Anders Johnsen, 2013/12/06 11:53:28]

This is posting specific fields. To match the test name, I think it should
simply post a string:

http.post(url, data: "some body")...

[shailentuli, 2013/12/06 18:16:29]

Anders, there is no data arg for http.post(). I'm leaving this as is for now.

+    print("Response status: ${response.statusCode}");
+    print("Response body: ${response.body}");
+  });
+}