CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.js
user5858
user5858

Reputation: 1221

Get the body text from https.request

I've this example from here

const https = require('https');

const options = {
  hostname: 'encrypted.google.com',
  port: 443,
  path: '/',
  method: 'GET'
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  console.log('statusCode:', res.statusCode);
  console.log('headers:', res.headers);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    process.stdout.write(d);
  });
});

req.on('error', (e) => {
  console.error(e);
});
req.end();

In the https.request response how to get the body (html) of the response. I mean which property to use in d object in process.stdout.write(d); ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 63

Answers (1)

Jeevan
Jeevan

Reputation: 319

In the example given above, process.stdout.write(d) writes the response body to the console. If you want to use console.log(), you can use it as given bellow,

 res.on('data', (d) => {
    process.stdout.write(d);
    console.log(d.toString('utf8'));
  });

d.toString('utf8') is required as d is a buffer variable and is required to be converted to utf8 string.

d.toString('utf8')

The above converts buffer to string.

Upvotes: 2

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