Retrieves the data from external API in AWS Lambda

lambda-restAPI.js

var https = require('https');

const loadData = () => {

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {    
      const options = {
      host: '<<your host>>',
      path: '<<URLPath>>',
      method: 'GET',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
      }
    };
    //create the request object with the callback with the result
    const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
      resolve(JSON.stringify(res.statusCode));
    });

    // handle the possible errors
    req.on('error', (e) => {
      reject(e.message);
    });

    //do the request
    req.write(JSON.stringify(data));

    //finish the request
    req.end();
  });
};

exports.handler = async (event) => {
  await loadData()
    .then(result => console.log(`Status code: ${result}`))
    .catch(err => console.error(`Error occurred while doing request for the event: ${JSON.stringify(event)} => ${err}`));
};




//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47404325/aws-lambda-http-post-request-node-js