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Access the response of Node.JS Post Request

I'm trying the wrap my head around the Client Credentials Flow of Spotify API and in their documentation they have this way to get the Access Token:
var client_id = 'CLIENT_ID';
var client_secret = 'CLIENT_SECRET';
const authOptions = {
url: "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token",
headers: {
"Authorization":
"Basic " +
new Buffer.from(clientID + ":" + clientSecret).toString("base64"),
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
},
form: {
grant_type: "client_credentials",
},
json: true,
};
request.post(authOptions, function(error, response, body) {
if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
var token = body.access_token;
}
});
Now I'm trying to get that token and export or use it in the API calls but whatever I do, I cannot access that statement.
Putting the POST into a variable or function and calling it results in undefined.
This is what I'm trying to achieve:
import authOptions from "./credentials.js";
import pkg from "request";
const { post } = pkg;
const Spotify = {
getAccessToken() {
post(authOptions, function (error, response, body) {
if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
const token = body.access_token;
return token;
}
});
},
async search(input) {
const accessToken = Spotify.getAccessToken();
const response = await fetch(
`https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=${input}&type=artist`,
{
headers: {
"Authorization": `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
}
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
},
};
export default Spotify;
Yet of course there's no Access Token returned from that post request.
Is there any way I can convert that piece of code into Async/Await?

You can create a new promise:
async function getAccessToken(){
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
post(authOptions, function (error, response, body) {
if(error){
reject(error);
} else if (response.statusCode === 200) {
const token = body.access_token;
resolve(token);
}
});
});
};
The resolve/reject allows you to return that value when the callback is called, and it passes the error to the caller to handle. And you can use this format to promisify any callback-based function, by calling it inside of a promise and using resolve/reject to return the value.

Need to call Two APIs In Loop using node js

I have an array of ssn number and I have two api list in which I need to pass ssn number as request json so I need to call both api inside ssn loop so I pass ssn to json request during call both api but code is not work properly both api call at a time simulteniously, Where I need to call both api one by one.
Both API details and code are as follow
My Code:
let ssn = [460458524, 637625452, 453311896, 635285187, 455791630, 642348377, 463590491, 450730278, 641201851, 379965491];
async function getCRCDetails() {
ssn.forEach(function (item) {
if(item){
let CBCOptions = {
'method': 'POST',
'url': 'https://loanboard.houstondirectauto.com/api/Report',
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Cookie': 'ci_session=udmojmlc5tfl3epbrmtvgu6nao2f031p'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"token": loantoken,
"action": "CBCReport",
"variables": {
ssn: item
}
})
}
request(CBCOptions, function (error, response) {
console.log(item);
console.log("CBCOPtion ", CBCOptions);
if (error) throw new Error(error);
result = (JSON.parse(response.body));
console.log("Result =", result);
CRCReport.push(result);
})
let EmployerInfoOptions = {
'method': 'POST',
'url': 'https://loanboard.houstondirectauto.com/api/Report',
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Cookie': 'ci_session=udmojmlc5tfl3epbrmtvgu6nao2f031p'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"token": loantoken,
"action": "getEmployerInfo",
"variables": {
ssn: item
}
})
}
request(EmployerInfoOptions, function (error, response) {
console.log(response.body);
})
}
Here I need to call API request one by one.Anyone Guide me please.

I prefer use async await method for this situation
you need install and require async and request-promise
after that :
const request = require("request-promise");
const async = require("async");
let ssn = [460458524, 637625452, 453311896, 635285187, 455791630, 642348377, 463590491, 450730278, 641201851, 379965491];
async function getCRCDetails() {
//like a forEache
async.eachSeries(ssn, async (item) => {
let CBCOptions = {
method: "POST",
url: "https://loanboard.houstondirectauto.com/api/Report",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
Cookie: "ci_session=udmojmlc5tfl3epbrmtvgu6nao2f031p",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
token: loantoken,
action: "CBCReport",
variables: {
ssn: item,
},
}),
};
let EmployerInfoOptions = {
method: "POST",
url: "https://loanboard.houstondirectauto.com/api/Report",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
Cookie: "ci_session=udmojmlc5tfl3epbrmtvgu6nao2f031p",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
token: loantoken,
action: "getEmployerInfo",
variables: {
ssn: item,
},
}),
};
try {
let resultCBCOptions = await request(CBCOptions);
let EmployerInfoOptions = await request(EmployerInfoOptions);
console.log(resultCBCOptions)
console.log(EmployerInfoOptions)
//do pushing resultCBCOptions
//do pushing EmployerInfoOptions
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
},
() => {
console.log("finished");
}
);
}

In Node the request methods that you are using are asynchronous. Meaning the runner (server) that runs the code does not wait for the request to finish and just continues to execute the next lines.
One thing that you can do is,
request.post(params).on("response", function(response) {
//....Do stuff with your data you recieve
// Make the next call here
request.post(params).on("response"), function() {
// Here you will have the second call's results
}
})
This ensures that both the API calls happen in order and only after the first one finishes.
Note:
The request library that you are using has been deprecated back in 2020. See https://github.com/request/request Hence, I would suggest you use other libraries like the standard https or http library that is shipped with node or you can use axios.

If you use a forEach loop without awaiting the results, you'll execute them all at the same time. Moreover, request library is kind of old and you need to convert its functions to return a promise.
Here's how I would do it.
const ssn = [1,2,3,4];
function download(item) {
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
let options = {}; // construct your request
request(options, function (error, response) {
if(error) {
return reject(error);
}
resolve(response);
})
}
}
ssn = ssn.map(async function(item) {
let res = await download(item);
// process the result
return res;
});
You can also use the Bluebird library or get another client library such as got or axios.

request(...).then is not a function error when making a POST request

I'm trying to create a firebase function that makes a HTTP POST request whenever a new document is created.
This is my code:
import * as functions from 'firebase-functions';
const admin = require('firebase-admin');
const request = require("request");
exports.sendMessage = functions.firestore.document('comms/{comms}').onCreate((snap, context) => {
const newValue = snap.data();
if (newValue) {
//const email = newValue.email;
const msg = newValue.msg;
return request({
uri: "url",
method: 'POST',
body: msg,
json: true,
resolveWithFullResponse: true
}).then((response: { statusCode: number; }) => {
if (response.statusCode >= 400) {
throw new Error(`HTTP Error: ${response.statusCode}`);
}
console.log('SUCCESS! Posted', msg);
});
}
return Promise
});
Error received:
TypeError: request(...).then is not a function
at exports.sendMessage.functions.firestore.document.onCreate (/srv/lib/index.js:25:12)
at cloudFunction (/srv/node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/cloud-functions.js:127:23)
at /worker/worker.js:825:24
at
at process._tickDomainCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:229:7)

request supports callback interfaces natively but does not return a promise, which is what you must do within a Cloud Function.
This is explained in the official Firebase video series here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/video-series/. In particular watch the three videos titled "Learn JavaScript Promises" (Parts 2 & 3 especially focus on background triggered Cloud Functions, but it really worth watching Part 1 before).
You could use request-promise (https://github.com/request/request-promise) and the rp() method which "returns a regular Promises/A+ compliant promise". You would then adapt your code as follows:
import * as functions from 'firebase-functions';
const admin = require('firebase-admin');
const rp = require('request-promise');
exports.sendMessage = functions.firestore.document('comms/{comms}').onCreate((snap, context) => {
const newValue = snap.data();
if (newValue) {
const msg = newValue.msg;
var options = {
method: 'POST',
uri: '....',
body: msg,
json: true // Automatically stringifies the body to JSON
};
return rp(options)
.then(parsedBody => {
// POST succeeded...
console.log('SUCCESS! Posted', msg);
return null;
})
.catch(err => {
// POST failed...
console.log(err);
return null;
});
} else {
return null;
}
});

request module doesn't return a Promise instead try using a callback function for response.
return request({
uri: "url",
method: 'POST',
body: msg,
json: true,
resolveWithFullResponse: true
}, function (error, response, body) {
})

As in the documentation already mention you need to pass the callback to your request
var request = require('request');
request('http://www.google.com', function (error, response, body) {
console.log('error:', error); // Print the error if one occurred
console.log('statusCode:', response && response.statusCode); // Print the response status code if a response was received
console.log('body:', body); // Print the HTML for the Google homepage.
});
If you want to chain your request you can use pipe
request
.get('url/img.png')
.on('response', function(response) {
console.log(response.statusCode) // 200
console.log(response.headers['content-type']) // 'image/png'
})
.pipe(request.put('url'))
If you want to use promise you can use request-promise
var rp = require('request-promise');
rp('http://www.google.com')
.then(function (htmlString) {
// Process html...
})
.catch(function (err) {
// Crawling failed...
});

The request module work on callbacks only, If you want to make Promisify you need to do like this
const request = require('request');
const webService = {};
webService.callApi = (url, bodyObj, method) => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const options = {
method: method || 'POST',
url: url,
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: bodyObj,
json: true,
};
// Error Handler
const errorMessge = { code: 500, error: 'INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR' };
request(options, (error, response, resBody) => {
if (error) {
return reject(errorMessge);
} else if (response.statusCode !== 200) {
return reject(errorMessge);
}
return resolve(resBody);
});
});
};
module.exports = webService;

Using request-promise to make an API call using jwt. [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE] received

I'm learning nodejs and trying to make an API call. The API uses JWT to authenticate.
I created these functions to sign a token:
function token() {
const payload = {
iat: Math.floor(new Date() / 1000),
exp: Math.floor(new Date() / 1000) + 30,
sub: "api_key_jwt",
iss: "external",
jti: crypto.randomBytes(6).toString("hex")
};
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
jwt.sign(payload, privatekey, { algorithm: "RS256" }, function(
err,
token2
) {
if (err) reject(err);
else resolve(token2);
});
});
}
exports.genToken = async function() {
const header = {
"x-api-key": api
};
const data = {
kid: api,
jwt_token: await token()
};
async function authorization(req, res) {
try {
const auth = await rp({
url: authurl,
method: "POST",
headers: header,
body: data
});
res.send(auth.body);
} catch (error) {
res.send(404).send();
}
}
return {
"x-api-key": api,
Authorization: "Bearer " + authorization()
};
};
This works fine. Then I created a function to make the API call:
const token = require("./index").genToken;
const rp = require("request-promise");
exports.getOrderBook = function(res, error) {
const full_url = url + "order_book";
const auth = token();
rp({
url: full_url,
method: "GET",
headers: auth,
body: {
market: "btceur"
},
json: true
})
.then(function(response) {
res(response);
})
.catch(function(err) {
error(err);
});
};
And I call it using Express:
routes.get("/orderbook", async (req, res, next) => {
try {
const book = await orders.getOrderBook();
res.send(book);
} catch (error) {
next(error);
}
});
However, when I call my API, it shows an error in console:
TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The first argument must be one of
type string or Buffer. Received type object.
I guess the error is something with the token generation, because if I console.log(auth) in the getOrderBook function, it shows Promise { <pending> }, so probably an object is being passed as the jwt token.
Is it really the problem? I tried a lot of different solutions that I found on internet, however the concept of Async/Await is new to me, and I'm having some troubles to figure it out.
Thanks a lot in advance guys!

Since getToken is an anync function, the return is wrapped in a Promise as well so you would need another anync/await:
exports.getOrderBook = async function() {
let response;
try {
const full_url = url + "order_book";
const auth = await token();
response = await rp({
url: full_url,
method: "GET",
headers: auth,
body: {
market: "btceur"
},
json: true
});
} catch (e) {
// handle error
throw e
// or console.error(e)
}
return response;
};
In this line as well Authorization: "Bearer " + authorization(), authorization is returning a promise
const bearer = await authorization()
return {
"x-api-key": api,
Authorization: "Bearer " + bearer
};
For error handling wrap entire thing in try..catch block
exports.genToken = async function() {
try {
const header = {
"x-api-key": api
};
const data = {
kid: api,
jwt_token: await token()
};
async function authorization(req, res) {
let auth;
try {
auth = await rp({
url: authurl,
method: "POST",
headers: header,
body: data
});
// res object not available
// res.send(auth.body);
} catch (error) {
// res object not available, better throw error and handle in your middleware
// res.send(404).send();
}
return auth
}
const bearer = await authorization()
} catch (e) {
// handle error
}
return {
"x-api-key": api,
Authorization: "Bearer " + bearer
};
}

Returning from an API request [duplicate]

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How do I return the response from an asynchronous call?
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I have a function that does POST request to get access tokens from an API. The function works insofar as printing the token to the console but I couldn't find a way to parse and save the access-token to a variable for using in other methods.
I've searched a lot about these on Stack Overflow, and one thing I came across was the notion of callbacks, async/await... However there is no concrete answers that show me how to RETURN the value after the request is made.
I'm getting undefined values, probably because my function is executing too fast before the request ends but nonetheless I would like to know a specific code implementation (using another callback function or something different) that allows me to get the value accessible outside these asynchronous functions.
My code is below along with a screenshot. Keep in mind this is a Lambda code for an Alexa skill
function ParseToken(obj) {
var string = obj + "";
return string;
}
function httpRetrieveToken() {
var http = require("https");
var options = {
"method": "POST",
"host": "hostName",
"path": "pathVal",
"headers": {
"content-type": "contentType",
"Authorization": "Bearer token",
"cache-control": "no-cache",
}
};
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.write("stuff here");
req.end();
}

Parsing token
Once you have the text representing your token object you can use JSON.parse to convert it to an object:
var json = '{"token":"ABCDEFG123456789", "expires":36000}';
obj = JSON.parse(json);
console.log(obj.token);
// expected output: ABCDEFG123456789
Using Callback
You can send a callback function as parameter to the httpRetrieveToken function like:
var http = require("https");
function httpRetrieveToken(cb) {
var options = {
"method": "POST",
"host": "hostName",
"path": "pathVal",
"headers": {
"content-type": "contentType",
"Authorization": "Bearer token",
"cache-control": "no-cache",
}
};
var req = http.request(options, function (res) {
var _cb = cb;
var chunks = [];
res.on("data", function (chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
res.on("end", function () {
var body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
var token = JSON.parse(body.toString());
_cb(token); // Callback function
});
});
req.write("stuff here");
req.end();
}
Then you can use function like:
httpRetrieveToken(function(token) {
// Do something with the token
});
The reason to use a callback function is to execute it once the asynchronous process has been finished, then enclose in that callback the processes to follow with the required data.
Using Promise
Using promise object, you provide a function who executes either resolve when your process was successful or reject when you had an error. Then you set a function to be executed on sucess with then method, where you can use the token retrived by your http request.
var http = require("https");
function httpRetrieveToken() {
var options = {
"method": "POST",
"host": "hostName",
"path": "pathVal",
"headers": {
"content-type": "contentType",
"Authorization": "Bearer token",
"cache-control": "no-cache",
}
};
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
let 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);
var token = JSON.parse(body.toString());
resolve(null, token); // Callback function
});
});
req.on("error", function(err) {
reject(err);
});
});
}
httpRetrieveToken().then((err, token) => {
if(err) console.log(err);
// Do something with token
});