What each body type sends#
Pick one of six body types, and the matching Content-Type is set for you.
The Body tab decides what the request carries. A segmented control at the top selects the body type, and the panel below changes to match. This page covers the picker and the header that each type sets. A body only goes out on POST, PUT, and PATCH requests. On other methods the app keeps the body but does not send it.
The body types#
- None: the app sends no body. The panel reads This request does not have a body.
- form-data: a table that the app sends as a multipart form, where each row is a text field or a file. See form-data body.
- x-www-form-urlencoded: a table of pairs that the app joins into one encoded string. See URL-encoded body.
- Raw: a block of text with a format dropdown. See Raw body.
- GraphQL: a query and variables editor. Request types describes it.
- Binary: the raw bytes of a file on disk. See Binary body.
Each type keeps its own contents. Switch away from a type and back, and its table, text, or file is as you left it.
The Content-Type it sets#
The body type that you select sets the request Content-Type for you.
| Body type | Content-Type |
|---|---|
| form-data | multipart/form-data |
| x-www-form-urlencoded | application/x-www-form-urlencoded |
| Raw, Text | text/plain |
| Raw, JSON | application/json |
| Raw, HTML | text/html |
| Raw, XML | application/xml |
| Raw, JavaScript | application/javascript |
| GraphQL | application/json |
| Binary | application/octet-stream |