How to implement an API in SCP with Node.js and display on Browser

Question

I am currently trying to learn Node.js and implementing my first API (I picked Chuck Norris API) in SAP Web IDE. The following is the code that I found:

app.get("/chuckvar", (req, res) => {
    var http = require('https'),
        url = require('https://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random');
    http.createServer(function (req, res) {
        var query = url.parse(req.url, true).query;
        res.end(JSON.stringify(query));
    });
});`

Until now I was able to display the content of the URL in the console but not on the browser which is my goal.

I wrote this code but I keep getting the same Error message.

So I need help to successfully implement the API.

Answer 1

The "require" function purpose is to import modules (like the https one when you do require('https')).

Your error message means that "require" expected the argument to be a node module (not an url).

To fetch an url content you can use the "request" module (witch is simpler to use that the native one):

const request = require('request');
app.get("/chuckvar", (req, res) => {
    request('https://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random', 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); // Prints the body
        res.end(body); // Will forward the api response
    });
});