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node.jstypescriptfetch
Chowsy
Chowsy

Reputation: 51

fail to get api result by fetch (express)

I tried to fetch api by using express. However, I dont know why app.get cannot get any result. In browser, I have to so long...still have not get any result.

However, i run the api link on postman, it works fine to me. Do I miss everything??

import * as express from 'express'
import {Request, Response} from 'express'
import * as bodyParser from 'body-parser'
import * as path from 'path';
import fetch from 'node-fetch';


const app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended:true}))
app.use(bodyParser.json())


const PORT = 8080
app.listen(PORT, ()=>{
    console.log('listening to PORT 8080 ')
})


app.get('/', async function(req:Request,res:Response){
    try{
        await getResidentialData()
    }catch(e){
        console.log("error")
    }
})

async function getResidentialData(){
    const res = await fetch('https://api.coinbase.com/v2/currencies')
    const result = await res.text();
    return result
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 193

Answers (1)

nishkaush
nishkaush

Reputation: 1548

I feel app.get is not returning anything since it doesn't send any response back. To send a response back, its always best to use res object in your API call like so:

app.get('/', async function(req:Request,res:Response){
    try{
        const result = await getResidentialData()
        res.status(200).send(result) //<----- add this
    }catch(e){
        console.log("error")
        res.status(400).send("Something went wrong") //<----- add this
    }
})

Upvotes: 2

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