How to call $.ajax inside of Node.js

Question

How can a jQuery Ajax call be made from within Node.js? app.js outputs the following error:

$.ajax is not a function

app.js

var $ = require('jQuery');

$.ajax({
    url: "https://api.example.com/resource/example.json",
    type: "GET",
    data: {
      "$limit" : 5000,
      "$$app_token" : "MY_TOKEN"
    }
}).done(function(data) {
  // Logic
});

Answer 1

Use request or axios or even the core http module in node not jQuery.

An example using request:

  var request = require('request');
      request({ url: 'http://api.example.com/resource/example.json’, qs: {
  "$limit" : 5000,
  "$$app_token" : "MY_TOKEN"
} }, function (error, response, body) {
      console.log('error:', error); // Print the error if one occurred
      console.log('statusCode:', response && response.statusCode); 
      // Print the response status code if a response was received
       console.log('body:', body); // Print the HTTP body
    });

Answer 2

I don't think jquery ajax is supported, but you can use something like ajax-request if you want jquery-like ajax syntax: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ajax-request . Or just use request https://github.com/request/request

Answer 3

You're not suppose to use jQuery inside node. They do different things, node is for back-end and jQuery for front end.

If you need to make an API call use request

And here the sample to use it:

var options = {
host: "the-end-point-host",
  port: 80, // the port
  path: '/the-path',
  method: 'POST' // HTTP verb you wnat to use
};

http.request(options, function(res) {
  res.setEncoding('utf8');
  res.on('data', function (chunk) {
    console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);
  });
}).end();