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Add a logger to log information for response and request from a server (express and nodejs)

My server will post data to another server, is there any way that I can add logger and log the response and request data thanks
const request = require('request');
requestIotPlatform = function requestIotPlatform(req, res, next) {
var formData = JSON.stringify(req.body);
var form = {
data_in: formData
};
var uri = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';
var headers = {
'Authorization': authBase64,
//'Content-Length': form.length,
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Connection': 'keep-alive',
'charset': 'utf-8'
};
request.post({
headers: headers,
uri: uri,
form: form
}, function (err, response, body) {
console.log(response.statusCode)
});
next();
}
module.exports = { requestIotPlatform };

I use this module, basically it's a middleware for logging request/responses in Express apps: https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-requests-logger

Unable to receive response inspite of giving right API key in node js post request

Please help me with the below POST request that I'm trying to make. Below is the code snippet.
const express = require("express");
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
//const request = require("request");
const https = require("https");
const request = require('request-promise');
const app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
extended: true
}));
app.use(express.static("public"));
app.get("/", function(req, res){
res.sendFile(__dirname + "/test.html");
});
const data = {
"some_header":{
"name":"xxxxx"
}
};
const jsonData = JSON.stringify(data);
console.log(jsonData);
app.post("/post", function(req, res){
const url = "xxxxxxxxxxxx";
const options = {
method: "POST",
body: data,
json: true,
headers: {
ContentType: "application/json",
Authorization: "nhgjgjhgjghjghj"
}
}
const request = https.request(url, options, function(response) {
if (response.statusCode === 200) {
// res.send("success");
console.log("success");
} else {
//res.send("Failed");
console.log("failure");
}
response.on("data", function(data) {
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
})
})
request.write(jsonData);
request.end();
});
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, function() {
console.log("The app is up and running on Port 3000");
});
I'm getting 200OK response from the external server, but unable to post the data. When I logged the response data from the server, I received this success
{ require_login: true }
"Success" is the console log message. require_login: true is the response I'm getting from the server. where am I going wrong?

Try to add Basic before you api key. Also, if you are using base64, then check that original string is right one and should be something like: login:password
headers: {
ContentType: "application/json",
Authorization: "Basic BAsE64Format or api:key or login:password"
}

headers: { "Content-type": "application/json", Authorization: 'Basic ' + Buffer.from('CtB2HZwaRdGggr1g4K').toString('base64') }
enclosing the content-type with quotes and converting the API key to base 64 did the trick

POST method through node.js

I am writing a simple node.js for a REST API call to create object through POST method and get the response code. But while running the script I get "0 passing" .
Here is my code:
var request = require("request");
var options = { method: 'POST',
url: 'https://example.org',
headers:
{ 'content-type': 'application/vnd.nativ.mio.v1+json',
authorization: 'Basic hashedTokenHere' },
//body: '{\n\n"name": "My JS TEST",\n"type": "media-asset"\n\n}'
};
request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if(error) {
console.log(error);
} else {
console.log(response.statusCode, body);
}
});
Can anyone help to to run it successfully and get the response code?
Thanks!

I calling my local API hope this will make thing get clear. It's work for me
This my API
var express = require('express')
var router = express.Router()
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var app=express()
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.post('/api',function(req,res)
{
res.status(200).send(req.body.name+"hi");
})
app.listen(8080,function(){
console.log("start");
})
Now, through Request, i will request this post method
var request = require('request');
// Set the headers
var headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Super Agent/0.0.1',
'Content-type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Basic ' + auth,
}
var postData = {
name: 'test',
value: 'test'
}
// Configure the request
var options = {
url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api',
method: 'POST',
json: true,
headers: headers,
body: postData
}
// Start the request
request(options, function (error, response, body) {
// Print out the response body and head
console.log("body = "+body+" head= "+response.statusCode)
}
})

Unexpected token - while parsing json request

I have two node servers and I am trying to send files between them using a rest api. However when I am sending the data I get a "Unexpected token -"on the receiving server. On the sender I get an [Error: write after end].
My router code:
var express = require('express');
var multer = require('multer');
var path = require('path');
var Router = express.Router;
const MODULES_PACKAGES_UPLOAD_DIR = path.resolve('/tmp');
module.exports = function() {
var router = new Router();
var storage = multer.diskStorage({
destination: function(req, file, cb){
cb(null, MODULES_PACKAGES_UPLOAD_DIR);
}
});
var upload = multer({storage: storage});
router.post('/fileUpload', upload.array(), function(req, res){
debug('We have a a file');
//Send the ok response
res.statusCode = 200;
res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8');
res.end('\n');
}
The sending code:
var Util = require('util');
var http = require('request-promise');
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');
var Post = require('http');
var FormData = require('form-data');
//Generate the form data
var formdata = modules.map(function(fileName){
return fs.createReadStream('/opt/files/'+fileName);
});
var data = getData(); //Gets the body of the code as a promise
return Promise.all(data)
.then(function(dataResults){
var options = {
method: 'POST',
uri: 'https://' + name +'/file',
rejectUnauthorized: false,
timeout: 2000,
body: {
keys: keyResults,
modules: modules,
},
formData: { <====== If I remove this section everything works
'module-package': formdata,
},
json: true // Automatically stringifies the body to JSON
};
request.post(options, function(err, response){
if( err){
debug('Error: ',err);
}
else{
debug('We posted');
}
});
The weird thing is that if I remove the formData section then everything works but when it is there I get an exception that says:
SyntaxError: Unexpected token -
at parse (/home/.../projects/node_modules/body-parser/lib/types/json.js:83:15)
Does anyone have any idea what I could be doing wrong??

Just in case anyone in the future comes with the same problem. As #Bergi mentioned. You cant have both json data and form data. You need to choose either one. The solution is to just pass the json data as apart of the form like.
var options = {
method: 'POST',
uri: 'https://' + name +'/file',
rejectUnauthorized: false,
timeout: 2000,
body: {
},
formData: {
'module-package': formdata,
keys: keyResults,
modules: modules,
},
json: true // Automatically stringifies the body to JSON
};
request.post(options, function(err, response){
if( err){
debug('Error: ',err);
}
else{
debug('We posted');
}
});

In my case, the header of the HTTP Request contained "Content-Type" as "application/json".
So here are the things to check:
Send only either form-data or json body. NOT BOTH.
Check for Headers if the "Content-Type" is mentioned. Remove that.

How to send form data in node.js

I am able to get to the server but unable to post my form data.
How should I post the form data with the https request?
I am using form-data library for form-data, and https request for post call.
When I run the following code, I am able to reach the service, but the service gives a response saying that the form data is not submitted.
var https = require('https');
var FormData = require('form-data');
//var querystring = require('querystring');
var fs = require('fs');
var form = new FormData();
connect();
function connect() {
username = "wr";
password = "45!"
var auth = 'Basic ' + new Buffer(username + ':' + password).toString('base64');
var options = {
hostname: 'trans/sun.com',
port: 443,
path: '/transfer/upload-v1/file',
method: 'POST',
rejectUnauthorized: false,
headers: {
'Authorization': auth,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
//'Content-Length': postData.length
}
};
form.append('deviceId', '2612');
form.append('compressionType', 'Z');
form.append('file', fs.createReadStream('/Mybugs.txt'));
var req = https.request(options, function(res) {
console.log("statusCode: ", res.statusCode);
//console.log("headers: ", res.headers);
res.setEncoding('utf8');
res.on('data', function(d) {
console.log(d)
});
});
req.write(form + '');
req.end();
req.on('error', function(e) {
console.error(e);
});
}

You never link your form to your request. Check this example provided with the form-data documentation
var http = require('http');
var request = http.request({
method: 'post',
host: 'example.org',
path: '/upload',
headers: form.getHeaders()
});
form.pipe(request);
request.on('response', function(res) {
console.log(res.statusCode);
});