Sending http request in node.js

Question

I am trying to send a http request to a neo4j database using node.js. This is the code I am using:

var options = {
        host: 'localhost',
        port: 7474,
        path: '/db/data',
        method: 'GET',
        headers: {
            accept: 'application/json'
        }
    };

console.log("Start");
var x = http.request(options,function(res){
    console.log("Connected");
    res.on('data',function(data){
        console.log(data);
    });
});

I check out that the database is running (I connect to the administration web page and everything is working). I am afraid that the problem is not on the database side but on the node.js side.

I hope some could give some light about this issue. I want to learn how to send a http request in node.js, the answer does not have to be specific to the neo4j issue.

Thanks in advance

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– Abhijeet, Commented Apr 27, 2017 at 4:14

ming_codes · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-09 20:14:21Z

37

If it's a simple GET request, you should use http.get()

Otherwise, http.request() needs to be closed.

var options = {
    host: 'localhost',
    port: 7474,
    path: '/db/data',
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        accept: 'application/json'
    }
};

console.log("Start");
var x = http.request(options,function(res){
    console.log("Connected");
    res.on('data',function(data){
        console.log(data);
    });
});

x.end();

answered Mar 9, 2012 at 20:14

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Sharvin26 Over a year ago

When I use JSON Parse on the data it gives me the following error: SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)

Sharvin26 Over a year ago

My JSON is valid perfectly working for request package.

K.S Over a year ago

what would be port here if I am making request to third party api

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