Make a GET request to JSON API in Node.js?

Question

Wondering how I can make a GET request to a JSON API using Node.js. I preferably want to use Express however it is not necessary, and for the output to be on a Jade page. I\'m s

Answer 1

I like to use the request package:

npm install --save request

And the code:

var request = require('request');

request({url: 'http://yourapi.com/', json: true}, function(err, res, json) {
  if (err) {
    throw err;
  }
  console.log(json);
});