Nodejs request to a web service with .p12 certificate

Question

So, the title is pretty straightforward. I want to consume a web service from a company and I got .cer and .p12 files. Supposedly, I should use .p12 when making a request. I

Answer 1

Use pfx property in agentOptions for pkcs12 format :

'use strict';

const request = require('request');
const fs = require('fs');

var options = {
    url: 'https://some-url/api',
    headers: {
        "content-type": "application/json",
    },
    agentOptions: {
        pfx: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/certs/myCert.p12'),
        passphrase: ''
    }
};

request.get(options, (error, response, body) => {
    console.log(error);
    console.log(response);
    console.log(body);
});

If your certificate is self signed, check this