How to make Ajax request through NodeJS to an endpoint
Using request
function funcOne(input) { var request = require('request'); request.post(someUrl, {json: true, body: input}, function(err, res, body) { if (!err && res.statusCode === 200) { funcTwo(body, function(err, output) { console.log(err, output); }); } });}function funcTwo(input, callback) { // process input callback(null, input);}Edit: Since request is now deprecated you can find alternatives here
Since request is deprecated. I recommend working with axios.
npm install axios@0.16.2
const axios = require('axios');axios.get('https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY') .then(response => { console.log(response.data.url); console.log(response.data.explanation); }) .catch(error => { console.log(error); });Using the standard http library to make requests will require more effort to parse/get data. For someone who was used to making AJAX request purely in Java/JavaScript I found axios to be easy to pick up.
https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/08/http-requests-in-node-js.html