Here is how my API works:
You can find SeaweedFS here on GitHub.
And the code here:
// /drivers/seaweedfs.js Defines how API interacts with SeaweedFS
const { error } = require("console");
const http = require("http");
module.exports = class Weed {
constructor(mserver) {
this.mserver = new URL(mserver);
}
get(fileId) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let options = {
hostname: this.mserver.hostname,
port: this.mserver.port,
method: "GET",
path: `/${fileId}`,
timeout: 6000,
};
let data;
const fileReq = http.request(options, (res) => {
console.log(`Statuscode ${res.statusCode}`);
res.on("data", (response) => {
data += response;
});
res.on("end", () => {
resolve(data);
});
});
fileReq.on("error", () => {
console.error(error);
reject();
});
fileReq.end();
});
}
};
// /routes/file.js An Express router
const express = require("express");
const router = express.Router();
const Weed = require("../drivers/seaweedfs");
let weedClient = new Weed("http://localhost:60002");
router.get("/:fileId", (req, res) => {
weedClient.get(req.params.fileId)
.then(data=>{
res.write(data)
res.end()
})
}
)
module.exports = router;
MongoDB driver not yet implemented.
When I try to GET a file(using Firefox, Hoppscotch says Could not send request: Unable to reach the API endpoint. Check your network connection and try again.), I get something whose MIME type is application/octet-stream for some reason. It's bigger than the original file. I know there must be some problems with my code, but I don't know where and how to fix it.
I am developing a dashboard, I need to conect to a API and catch a Auth Token and afther that send info by using a HTTPS protocol. I use a Nodejs, and when I run my code I have the next error on the pm2 monit:
Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND my.url.net/path
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:67:26) {
errno: -3008,
code: 'ENOTFOUND',
syscall: 'getaddrinfo',
hostname: 'my.url.net/path'
}
Also here is my code where I made the request (Node.js):
const path = require('path');
require('dotenv').config({path: path.join('path','.env')});
const https = require('https');
const database = require('./sql');
const fs = require ('fs');
const user = process.env.USER;
const pwd = PWD;
const host = 'https://my.url.net/extencio';
const host_1 = 'my.url.net/extention';
async function getLoginToken(pForce){
if (login_token.Health && !pForce) { return login_token }
//Creates the POST request
const options = {
protocol: 'https:',
hostname: host_1,
path: '/api/auth/token',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Accept': 'application/json',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
};
//Body of the POST request, contains the user and password
const post_data = JSON.stringify({username: user, password: pwd});
.
Here is the rest of the code:
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const req = new https.request(options, (response) => {
response.setEncoding('utf8');
response.on('data', function(chunk){
const output = JSON.parse(chunk);
if(output.token){
login_token.Health = true;
login_token.Token = output.token;
resolve(login_token)
}
else{
login_token.Health = false;
login_token.Token = '';
resolve(login_token);
}
});
});
req.write(post_data);
req.end();
req.on('error', function(err) {
console.log(err);
login_token.Health = false;
login_token.Token = '';
resolve(login_token)
});
});
}
Remove protocol, and use domain names only for the host. For instance:
Wrong:
const host = 'https://my.url.net/extencio'
const path = '/api/auth/token'
Correct:
const host = 'my.url.net'
const path = '/extencio/api/auth/token'
See documentation for the http.request options.
It seems that is trying to getaddrinfo of the full url, instead of just the hostname. I would put hostname in option as only "my.url.net" and update path with the rest of the url.
#Eric0607 the error stackoverflow.com/questions/65810720/… you've provided is not showing anymore, I might've been too late to reply.
but in case you got "an invalid local cert SSL error", here is a fix I found that works for it.
disable SSL check in your code, not recommended but it would work temporarily, turn it on after you're done or it can be risky.
I am trying to parse info from this link on my node.js project
https://stockx.com/api/products/nike-daybreak-undercover-black?includes=market
Im able to get info when I access the link through postman and going on the url on a web browser. However when I try accessing the request through my node.js project, it is saying access is denied. Any idea why?
Thanks.
Here is my code:
const express = require('express');
const request = require('request');
const cheerio = require('cheerio');
const axios = require('axios')
const app = express();
app.get('/', function(req, res){
let shoe =req.query.shoe;
let url = 'https://stockx.com/api/products/nike-daybreak-undercover-black?includes=market'
request(url, function(error, response, html) {
if (!error) {
var $ = cheerio.load(html);
console.log(html)
res.send();
}
});
});
app.listen('8080');
console.log('API is running on http://localhost:8080');
module.exports = app;
You just need to add "User-Agent" in the header. The website from which you are trying to get the data is denying all requests without User-Agent to avoid scrapers.
const options = {
url: 'https://stockx.com/api/products/nike-daybreak-undercover-black?includes=market',
headers: {
'User-Agent': 'request'
}
};
request(options, function(error, response, html) {
console.log('err: ', error);
if (!error) {
var $ = cheerio.load(html);
console.log(html)
res.send(html);
}
});
I have tried the following code and it works
// ...
app.get('/', function(req, res){
// let shoe =req.query.shoe;
let url = 'https://stockx.com/api/products/nike-daybreak-undercover-black?includes=market'
axios({
method : 'get',
url,
headers : { withCredentials: true, 'User-Agent' : 'Postman' }
})
.then(data => {
console.log('data', data.data);
})
.catch(err => {
console.log('err', err);
})
res.send().status(200);
});
I am trying to download a File from google drive using Google SDK API using node.js.
But I am unable to write/save file at server side - node.js
Code:-
var GoogleTokenProvider = require("refresh-token").GoogleTokenProvider,
async = require('async'),
fs = require("fs"),
request = require('request'),
_accessToken;
var _XMLHttpRequest = require("xmlhttprequest").XMLHttpRequest;
var https = require('https');
const CLIENT_ID = "";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "";
const REFRESH_TOKEN = '';
const ENDPOINT_OF_GDRIVE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2';
async.waterfall([
//-----------------------------
// Obtain a new access token
//-----------------------------
function(callback) {
var tokenProvider = new GoogleTokenProvider({
'refresh_token': REFRESH_TOKEN,
'client_id': CLIENT_ID,
'client_secret': CLIENT_SECRET
});
tokenProvider.getToken(callback);
},
//--------------------------------------------
// Retrieve the children in a specified folder
//
// ref: https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files/children/list
//-------------------------------------------
function(accessToken, callback) {
_accessToken = accessToken;
request.get({
'url': ENDPOINT_OF_GDRIVE + '/files?' + "q='root' in parents and (mimeType = 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document')",
'qs': {
'access_token': accessToken
}
}, callback);
},
//----------------------------
// Parse the response
//----------------------------
function(response, body, callback) {
var list = JSON.parse(body);
if (list.error) {
return callback(list.error);
}
callback(null, list.items[0]);
},
//-------------------------------------------
// Get the file information of the children.
//
// ref: https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files/get
//-------------------------------------------
function(children, callback) {
var xhr = new _XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', children.downloadUrl);
xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + _accessToken);
xhr.onload = function() {
console.log("xhr.responseText", xhr.responseText)
fs.writeFile("download.docx", xhr.responseText)
callback(xhr.responseText);
};
xhr.onerror = function() {
callback(null);
};
xhr.send();
}
],
function(err, results) {
if (!err) {
console.log(results);
}
});
I am getting this in console:-
Content of xhr.responseText is something like that
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Please help me to know what is the format of the data I am getting from Drive Api and write it in which format so that I got a complete .docx file
Edit
I am open to use any method other than xmlRequest if it helps me downloading the file(.docx).
node-XMLHttpRequest, it seems, does not support binary downloads - see this issue. What you are seeing is the file's binary contents converted into String which, in JavaScript, is an irreversible and destructive process for binary data (which means you cannot convert the string back to buffer and get the same data as the original contents).
Using request, you can download a binary file this way:
var request = require('request')
, fs = require('fs')
request.get(
{ url: 'your-file-url'
, encoding: null // Force Request to return the data as Buffer
, headers:
{ Authorization: 'Bearer ' + accessTokenHere
}
}
, function done (err, res) {
// If all is well, the file will be at res.body (buffer)
fs.writeFile('./myfile.docx', res.body, function (err) {
// Handle err somehow
// Do other work necessary to finish the request
})
}
)
Note: This will buffer the whole file into memory before it can be saved to disk. For small files, this is fine, but for larger files, you might want to look into implementing this as a streamed download. This SO question already answers that, I recommend you have a look.
More information about how to authorize your requests can be found on Google Developers docs.
Complete Working example: Downloading file from GoogleDrive - Node.js API
var GoogleTokenProvider = require("refresh-token").GoogleTokenProvider,
async = require('async'),
fs = require("fs"),
request = require('request'),
_accessToken;
const CLIENT_ID = "";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "";
const REFRESH_TOKEN = '';
const ENDPOINT_OF_GDRIVE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2';
async.waterfall([
//-----------------------------
// Obtain a new access token
//-----------------------------
function(callback) {
var tokenProvider = new GoogleTokenProvider({
'refresh_token': REFRESH_TOKEN,
'client_id': CLIENT_ID,
'client_secret': CLIENT_SECRET
});
tokenProvider.getToken(callback);
},
//--------------------------------------------
// Retrieve the children in a specified folder
//
// ref: https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files/children/list
//-------------------------------------------
function(accessToken, callback) {
_accessToken = accessToken;
request.get({
'url': ENDPOINT_OF_GDRIVE + '/files?' + "q='root' in parents and (mimeType = 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document')",
'qs': {
'access_token': accessToken
}
}, callback);
},
//----------------------------
// Parse the response
//----------------------------
function(response, body, callback) {
var list = JSON.parse(body);
if (list.error) {
return callback(list.error);
}
callback(null, list.items);
},
//-------------------------------------------
// Get the file information of the children.
//
// ref: https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files/get
//-------------------------------------------
function(children, callback) {
for(var i=0;i<children.length;i++) {
var file = fs.createWriteStream(children[i].title);
// Downnload and write file from google drive
(function(child) {
request.get(
{ url: child.downloadUrl
, encoding: null // Force Request to return the data as Buffer
, headers:
{ Authorization: 'Bearer ' + _accessToken
}
}
, function done (err, res) {
res.pipe(file)
// If all is well, the file will be at res.body (buffer)
fs.writeFile('./' + child.title, res.body, function (err) {
if(!err) {
console.log('done')
} else {
console.log(err)
}
// Handle err somehow
// Do other work necessary to finish the request
})
}
)
})(children[i])
}
}
],
function(err, results) {
if (!err) {
console.log(results);
}
});
I was just having issues with this, I've included an example of how I managed to get this working using the Google API Node.js library: https://gist.github.com/davestevens/6f376f220cc31b4a25cd
How can I make an HTTP request from within Node.js or Express.js? I need to connect to another service. I am hoping the call is asynchronous and that the callback contains the remote server's response.
Here is a snippet of some code from a sample of mine. It's asynchronous and returns a JSON object. It can do any form of GET request.
Note that there are more optimal ways (just a sample) - for example, instead of concatenating the chunks you put into an array and join it etc... Hopefully, it gets you started in the right direction:
const http = require('http');
const https = require('https');
/**
* getJSON: RESTful GET request returning JSON object(s)
* #param options: http options object
* #param callback: callback to pass the results JSON object(s) back
*/
module.exports.getJSON = (options, onResult) => {
console.log('rest::getJSON');
const port = options.port == 443 ? https : http;
let output = '';
const req = port.request(options, (res) => {
console.log(`${options.host} : ${res.statusCode}`);
res.setEncoding('utf8');
res.on('data', (chunk) => {
output += chunk;
});
res.on('end', () => {
let obj = JSON.parse(output);
onResult(res.statusCode, obj);
});
});
req.on('error', (err) => {
// res.send('error: ' + err.message);
});
req.end();
};
It's called by creating an options object like:
const options = {
host: 'somesite.com',
port: 443,
path: '/some/path',
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
};
And providing a callback function.
For example, in a service, I require the REST module above and then do this:
rest.getJSON(options, (statusCode, result) => {
// I could work with the resulting HTML/JSON here. I could also just return it
console.log(`onResult: (${statusCode})\n\n${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
res.statusCode = statusCode;
res.send(result);
});
UPDATE
If you're looking for async/await (linear, no callback), promises, compile time support and intellisense, we created a lightweight HTTP and REST client that fits that bill:
Microsoft typed-rest-client
Try using the simple http.get(options, callback) function in node.js:
var http = require('http');
var options = {
host: 'www.google.com',
path: '/index.html'
};
var req = http.get(options, function(res) {
console.log('STATUS: ' + res.statusCode);
console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(res.headers));
// Buffer the body entirely for processing as a whole.
var bodyChunks = [];
res.on('data', function(chunk) {
// You can process streamed parts here...
bodyChunks.push(chunk);
}).on('end', function() {
var body = Buffer.concat(bodyChunks);
console.log('BODY: ' + body);
// ...and/or process the entire body here.
})
});
req.on('error', function(e) {
console.log('ERROR: ' + e.message);
});
There is also a general http.request(options, callback) function which allows you to specify the request method and other request details.
Request and Superagent are pretty good libraries to use.
note: request is deprecated, use at your risk!
Using request:
var request=require('request');
request.get('https://someplace',options,function(err,res,body){
if(err) //TODO: handle err
if(res.statusCode === 200 ) //etc
//TODO Do something with response
});
You can also use Requestify, a really cool and very simple HTTP client I wrote for nodeJS + it supports caching.
Just do the following for GET method request:
var requestify = require('requestify');
requestify.get('http://example.com/api/resource')
.then(function(response) {
// Get the response body (JSON parsed or jQuery object for XMLs)
response.getBody();
}
);
This version is based on the initially proposed by bryanmac function which uses promises, better error handling, and is rewritten in ES6.
let http = require("http"),
https = require("https");
/**
* getJSON: REST get request returning JSON object(s)
* #param options: http options object
*/
exports.getJSON = function (options) {
console.log('rest::getJSON');
let reqHandler = +options.port === 443 ? https : http;
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let req = reqHandler.request(options, (res) => {
let output = '';
console.log('rest::', options.host + ':' + res.statusCode);
res.setEncoding('utf8');
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
output += chunk;
});
res.on('end', () => {
try {
let obj = JSON.parse(output);
// console.log('rest::', obj);
resolve({
statusCode: res.statusCode,
data: obj
});
}
catch (err) {
console.error('rest::end', err);
reject(err);
}
});
});
req.on('error', (err) => {
console.error('rest::request', err);
reject(err);
});
req.end();
});
};
As a result you don't have to pass in a callback function, instead getJSON() returns a promise. In the following example the function is used inside of an ExpressJS route handler
router.get('/:id', (req, res, next) => {
rest.getJSON({
host: host,
path: `/posts/${req.params.id}`,
method: 'GET'
}).then(({ statusCode, data }) => {
res.json(data);
}, (error) => {
next(error);
});
});
On error it delegates the error to the server error handling middleware.
Unirest is the best library I've come across for making HTTP requests from Node. It's aiming at being a multiplatform framework, so learning how it works on Node will serve you well if you need to use an HTTP client on Ruby, PHP, Java, Python, Objective C, .Net or Windows 8 as well. As far as I can tell the unirest libraries are mostly backed by existing HTTP clients (e.g. on Java, the Apache HTTP client, on Node, Mikeal's Request libary) - Unirest just puts a nicer API on top.
Here are a couple of code examples for Node.js:
var unirest = require('unirest')
// GET a resource
unirest.get('http://httpbin.org/get')
.query({'foo': 'bar'})
.query({'stack': 'overflow'})
.end(function(res) {
if (res.error) {
console.log('GET error', res.error)
} else {
console.log('GET response', res.body)
}
})
// POST a form with an attached file
unirest.post('http://httpbin.org/post')
.field('foo', 'bar')
.field('stack', 'overflow')
.attach('myfile', 'examples.js')
.end(function(res) {
if (res.error) {
console.log('POST error', res.error)
} else {
console.log('POST response', res.body)
}
})
You can jump straight to the Node docs here
Check out shred. It's a node HTTP client created and maintained by spire.io that handles redirects, sessions, and JSON responses. It's great for interacting with rest APIs. See this blog post for more details.
Check out httpreq: it's a node library I created because I was frustrated there was no simple http GET or POST module out there ;-)
For anyone who looking for a library to send HTTP requests in NodeJS, axios is also a good choice. It supports Promises :)
Install (npm): npm install axios
Example GET request:
const axios = require('axios');
axios.get('https://google.com')
.then(function (response) {
// handle success
console.log(response);
})
.catch(function (error) {
// handle error
console.log(error);
})
Github page
Update 10/02/2022
Node.js integrates fetch in v17.5.0 in experimental mode. Now, you can use fetch to send requests just like you do on the client-side. For now, it is an experimental feature so be careful.
If you just need to make simple get requests and don't need support for any other HTTP methods take a look at: simple-get:
var get = require('simple-get');
get('http://example.com', function (err, res) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(res.statusCode); // 200
res.pipe(process.stdout); // `res` is a stream
});
Use reqclient: not designed for scripting purpose
like request or many other libraries. Reqclient allows in the constructor
specify many configurations useful when you need to reuse the same
configuration again and again: base URL, headers, auth options,
logging options, caching, etc. Also has useful features like
query and URL parsing, automatic query encoding and JSON parsing, etc.
The best way to use the library is create a module to export the object
pointing to the API and the necessary configurations to connect with:
Module client.js:
let RequestClient = require("reqclient").RequestClient
let client = new RequestClient({
baseUrl: "https://myapp.com/api/v1",
cache: true,
auth: {user: "admin", pass: "secret"}
})
module.exports = client
And in the controllers where you need to consume the API use like this:
let client = require('client')
//let router = ...
router.get('/dashboard', (req, res) => {
// Simple GET with Promise handling to https://myapp.com/api/v1/reports/clients
client.get("reports/clients")
.then(response => {
console.log("Report for client", response.userId) // REST responses are parsed as JSON objects
res.render('clients/dashboard', {title: 'Customer Report', report: response})
})
.catch(err => {
console.error("Ups!", err)
res.status(400).render('error', {error: err})
})
})
router.get('/orders', (req, res, next) => {
// GET with query (https://myapp.com/api/v1/orders?state=open&limit=10)
client.get({"uri": "orders", "query": {"state": "open", "limit": 10}})
.then(orders => {
res.render('clients/orders', {title: 'Customer Orders', orders: orders})
})
.catch(err => someErrorHandler(req, res, next))
})
router.delete('/orders', (req, res, next) => {
// DELETE with params (https://myapp.com/api/v1/orders/1234/A987)
client.delete({
"uri": "orders/{client}/{id}",
"params": {"client": "A987", "id": 1234}
})
.then(resp => res.status(204))
.catch(err => someErrorHandler(req, res, next))
})
reqclient supports many features, but it has some that are not supported by other
libraries: OAuth2 integration and logger integration
with cURL syntax, and always returns native Promise objects.
If you ever need to send GET request to an IP as well as a Domain (Other answers did not mention you can specify a port variable), you can make use of this function:
function getCode(host, port, path, queryString) {
console.log("(" + host + ":" + port + path + ")" + "Running httpHelper.getCode()")
// Construct url and query string
const requestUrl = url.parse(url.format({
protocol: 'http',
hostname: host,
pathname: path,
port: port,
query: queryString
}));
console.log("(" + host + path + ")" + "Sending GET request")
// Send request
console.log(url.format(requestUrl))
http.get(url.format(requestUrl), (resp) => {
let data = '';
// A chunk of data has been received.
resp.on('data', (chunk) => {
console.log("GET chunk: " + chunk);
data += chunk;
});
// The whole response has been received. Print out the result.
resp.on('end', () => {
console.log("GET end of response: " + data);
});
}).on("error", (err) => {
console.log("GET Error: " + err);
});
}
Don't miss requiring modules at the top of your file:
http = require("http");
url = require('url')
Also bare in mind that you may use https module for communicating over secured network. so these two lines would change:
https = require("https");
...
https.get(url.format(requestUrl), (resp) => { ......
## you can use request module and promise in express to make any request ##
const promise = require('promise');
const requestModule = require('request');
const curlRequest =(requestOption) =>{
return new Promise((resolve, reject)=> {
requestModule(requestOption, (error, response, body) => {
try {
if (error) {
throw error;
}
if (body) {
try {
body = (body) ? JSON.parse(body) : body;
resolve(body);
}catch(error){
resolve(body);
}
} else {
throw new Error('something wrong');
}
} catch (error) {
reject(error);
}
})
})
};
const option = {
url : uri,
method : "GET",
headers : {
}
};
curlRequest(option).then((data)=>{
}).catch((err)=>{
})