Can make post request to localhost using node-fetch, but unable to do so using Axios - axios

Question

I have tried making the same post request using node-fetch and axios.
var fetch = require('node-fetch');
var axios = require('axios');
async function fetchTest(host, port, body) {
const response = {
successMessage: '',
errorMessage: ''
}
try {
const streamResponse = await fetch(`${host}:${port}`, {
method: 'post',
body: JSON.stringify(body)
})
const jsonResponse = await streamResponse.json()
response.successMessage = jsonResponse;
} catch (error) {
response.errorMessage = error;
}
return response;
}
async function axiosTest(host, port, body) {
const response = {
successMessage: '',
errorMessage: ''
}
try {
const jsonResponse = await axios({
method: 'post',
url: `${host}:${port}`,
data: body
})
response.successMessage = jsonResponse;
} catch (error) {
response.errorMessage = error;
}
return response;
}
async function test() {
console.log(await fetchTest('http://127.0.0.1', '8801', { type: 'request', cmd: 'devices' }));
console.log(await axiosTest('http://127.0.0.1', '8801', { type: 'request', cmd: 'devices' }));
}
test();
The request made with node-fetch works nicely. The request made with axios returns (IP address redacted with ...) an error:
{ successMessage: '',
errorMessage:
{ Error: connect ECONNREFUSED ...:80
at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1161:14)
errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
syscall: 'connect',
address: '...',
port: 80,
config:
{ adapter: [Function: httpAdapter],
transformRequest: [Object],
transformResponse: [Object],
timeout: 0,
xsrfCookieName: 'XSRF-TOKEN',
xsrfHeaderName: 'X-XSRF-TOKEN',
maxContentLength: -1,
validateStatus: [Function: validateStatus],
headers: [Object],
method: 'post',
url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8801',
data: '{"type":"request","cmd":"devices"}' },
request:
Writable {
_writableState: [WritableState],
writable: true,
_events: [Object],
_eventsCount: 2,
_maxListeners: undefined,
_options: [Object],
_redirectCount: 1,
_redirects: [],
_requestBodyLength: 39,
_requestBodyBuffers: [],
_onNativeResponse: [Function],
_currentRequest: [ClientRequest],
_currentUrl: 'http://.../',
_isRedirect: true },
response: undefined } }
What might be the reason? Am I doing something wrong?
EDITED with more info requested in comment:
The axios request fails the same way if I comment out the node-fetch request.
The node-fetch request returns:
{
cmd: 'devices',
payload: { devices: [Array] },
type: 'response' },
}
Since I wrap the result in a response object, the console.log looks like
{
successMessage:
{
cmd: 'devices',
payload: { devices: [Array] },
type: 'response'
},
errorMessage: ''
}