Getting data in JSON format from an API using express and nodejs
Question
I am trying to get the analytics data from an API using expressjs. The data is in JSON format. The point is that I want to display the result in the view. I am able to get the data in the console, but I am not able to do that in the view.
Here is what I have tried so far:
app.js
var express = require('express');
var http = require('http');
var app = express();
var request = require('request');
http.get('http://localhost:8383/analytics/piwik/index.php?module=API&method=Actions.getPageUrls&idSite=1&date=yesterday&period=day&format=json&filter_limit=10', function(res){
var body = "";
res.on('data', function(chunk){
body += chunk;
});
res.on('end', function(){
var resp = JSON.parse(body);
console.log(resp);
});
app.listen(3000, function(){
console.log("Example app listening to port 3000");
});
});
2 answers
solution1
2 2018-03-06 17:35:52
You have two options to do that: 1-you can use a tempting language for rendering the data in your app like handlebars or mustache of ejs and so many other chooses. 2- you can make an endpoint and make your client connects to it using ajax and then render the data using javascript (frameworks can help here)
solution2
0 2018-03-07 12:38:28
After getting response you will have to render the data see example below:-
var resp = {
'name':'demoUsername',
'contact': '+91-9876543210'
}
res.render('index', { resp: resp });
I am using EJS template engine see the code below:-
<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Contact</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><%= resp.name%></td>
<td><%= resp.contact%></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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