Get reponse from nodejs request

Question

I'm trying to get the response of one request in nodeJS, but I cant get it yet. Can you help me please? This is the code:

var options = {
    'method': 'GET',
    'url': 'https://api.web.com/v1/prospects?search=12345&api-key=123456',
    'headers': {
    }
};

request(options, function (error, response) {
    if (error)throw new Error(error);
    var result =  response.body;
});

console.log(result);

and this is what I got:

(node:14848) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ReferenceError: result is not defined

Answer 1

Well, that's because result is not defined in the scope you are using it.

let result;
request(options, function (error, response) {
    if (error)throw new Error(error);
    result =  response.body;
});

console.log(result);

However, even this doesn't make sense, because the request call is asynchronous, and result will not be set when using in the console.log. You probably want:

request(options, function (error, response) {
    if (error) throw new Error(error);
    const result = response.body;
    console.log(result);
});