Get a json via Http Request in NodeJS

Question

Here is my model with a json response:

exports.getUser = function(req, res, callback) {
    User.find(req.body, function (err, data) {
        if (err) {
           


        

Answer 1

Just tell request that you are using json:true and forget about header and parse

var options = {
    hostname: '127.0.0.1',
    port: app.get('port'),
    path: '/users',
    method: 'GET',
    json:true
}
request(options, function(error, response, body){
    if(error) console.log(error);
    else console.log(body);
});

and the same for post

var options = {
    hostname: '127.0.0.1',
    port: app.get('port'),
    path: '/users',
    method: 'POST',
    json: {"name":"John", "lastname":"Doe"}
}
request(options, function(error, response, body){
    if(error) console.log(error);
    else console.log(body);
});

Answer 2

http sends/receives data as strings... this is just the way things are. You are looking to parse the string as json.

var jsonObject = JSON.parse(data);

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Answer 3

Just setting json option to true, the body will contain the parsed json:

request({
  url: 'http://...',
  json: true
}, function(error, response, body) {
  console.log(body);
});