CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptnode.jsexpress
MCO
MCO

Reputation: 314

How to make a get request to an external website and display data via express

I am trying to make a get request to a simple website, and display the "phrase"'s value

here is what i have for index.js

router.get('https://corporatebs-generator.sameerkumar.website/', function(req, res, next) {
      res.render({corporateMessage :req.query});
  });
router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
  res.render('index', { title: 'The corp'});

})

Here is what i have for my index.hbs

<h1>{{title}}</h1>
<p> {{corporateMessage}}</p>

I just want to be able to display the message thats in the 'phrase', and have it shown in the above html format, not sure what to put in the req.query part.. little confused

Upvotes: 0

Views: 224

Answers (1)

Vatsal Khanna
Vatsal Khanna

Reputation: 81

You can use request to get the response from external path like this:

var request = require('request');
router.get('/path', function(req, res){
    request({url: 'https://corporatebs-generator.sameerkumar.website/', json: true}, function (error, response, body) {
        res.render('index', {
            corporateMessage: body.phrase
        })
    });

})

Upvotes: 1

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