Not possible to pass a body in a GET request ?

Hi there !

I'd like to upgrade my project to use jsForce-lib version 3 (coming from version 1). We're using a nodejs based api, so i found it would be best to implement @jsforce/jsforce-node

While implementing the API, which we call by using the request method of the Connection, i ran into the issue that i can't find any way to pass a body correctly when issuing a GET request.

Code:

  import jsforce from '@jsforce/jsforce-node'
  
  import type { Connection, HttpRequest, HttpMethods } from '@jsforce/jsforce-node'
  
  ....

  const api = await login()  // 'api' is in our case the jsforce Connection which we obtain by invoking login()

  const httpRequest: HttpRequest = {
    url: path,
    method: method as HttpMethods,   // <-- which is in this case 'GET'
    body: JSON.stringify(body),    // <-- we should pass a stringified JSON
    headers: {
      'content-type': 'application/json',
    },
  }
  const res = await api.request(httpRequest, {   
    retry: { maxRetries: 0 },
  })

  ....

This resulted in an APEX error on de salesforce-API we're trying to implement.

Debugging the Salesforce counterpart of the call, we found that the body is a BLOB (0 bytes):

headers = '0x6cddb34d'
httpMethod = 'GET'
params = '0x386ae118'
remoteAddress = 'XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX'
requestURI = '/account/info'
resourcePath = '/services/apexrest/a (8 more) ...'
requestBody = BLOB(0 bytes)

Of course i've double-checked if i'm actually passing a valid stringified JSON ;-)

Am i doing anything wrong ? Or doesn't the library support a body on a GET request anymore ?

I hope you might help me out....

Thanks in advance,

Mark

The issue names Connection.request and @jsforce/jsforce-node but no source file or test. Start by tracing the supplied HttpRequest through that request entry point and reproducing the GET call; done means the library's GET-body behavior is established and covered or clearly documented.