cURL call to API in NodeJS Request

Question

it's me again with another lame question. I have the following call to a Rattic password database API which works properly:

curl -s -H 'Authorization: ApiKey myUser:verySecretAPIKey' -H 'Accept: text/json' https://example.com/passdb/api/v1/cred/\?format\=json

I tried to replicate this call in NodeJS, however the following returns blank:

var request = require('request');

url='https://example.com/passdb/api/v1/cred/?format=json';

request({
    url: url,
    method: 'POST',
    headers: [
        { 'Authorization': 'ApiKey myUser:verySecretAPIKey' }
    ],
    },
    function (error, response, body) {
        if (error) throw error;
        console.log(body);
    }
);

Any help is appreciated.

Yup, body variable is still an empty line (not null or undefined) :/ — Neekoy
– Neekoy, Commented Jul 2, 2016 at 16:10

robertklep · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-02 16:20:58Z

2

As pointed out in the comments already, use GET, not POST;
headers should be an object, not an array;
You're not adding the Accept header.

All combined, try this:

request({
  url     : url,
  method  : 'GET',
  headers : {
    Authorization : 'ApiKey myUser:verySecretAPIKey',
    Accept        : 'text/json'
  }, function (error, response, body) {
    if (error) throw error;
    console.log(body);
  }
});

answered Jul 2, 2016 at 16:20

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Isaac Obella Over a year ago

My curl request contains data -d phonenumber=07XXXXXXX how can i add that to the request

robertklep Over a year ago

@IzzoObella using the body option

William Melani · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-02 16:24:14Z

One thing you can do is import a curl request into Postman and then export it into different forms. for example, nodejs:

var http = require("https");

var options = {
  "method": "GET",
  "hostname": "example.com",
  "port": null,
  "path": "/passdb/api/v1/cred/%5C?format%5C=json",
  "headers": {
    "authorization": "ApiKey myUser:verySecretAPIKey",
    "accept": "text/json",
    "cache-control": "no-cache",
    "postman-token": "c3c32eb5-ac9e-a847-aa23-91b2cbe771c9"
  }
};

var req = http.request(options, function (res) {
  var chunks = [];

  res.on("data", function (chunk) {
    chunks.push(chunk);
  });

  res.on("end", function () {
    var body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
    console.log(body.toString());
  });
});

req.end();

Glen Keane · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-02 16:20:51Z

1

Headers should be an object.

var request = require('request');

url='https://example.com/passdb/api/v1/cred/?format=json';

request({
            url: url,
            method: 'POST',
            headers: {
               'Authorization': 'ApiKey myUser:verySecretAPIKey' 
            }
        }, function (error, response, body) {
            if (error) throw error;
            console.log(body);
        });

answered Jul 2, 2016 at 16:20

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