Node https request example

node-https-request.js

const https = require('https');

/**
 * Make a request
 * @param {Object} options
 * @param {Object|string} data
 */
const requestSSL = (options, requestData = null) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

  // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
  const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
    const { statusCode } = res;
    let error;
    console.log(options)
    if (statusCode >= 400) {
      error = new Error(`Status Code: ${statusCode}`);
    }

    if (error) {
      res.resume();
      return reject(error);
    }

    res.setEncoding('utf8');

    let rawData = '';

    res.on('data', (chunk) => {
      rawData += chunk;
    });

    res.on('end', () => {
	  resolve({ response: rawData, statusCode });
    });
  });

  req.on('error', (e) => {
    const error = new Error(`Request failed: ${e.message}`);
    reject(error);
  });

  // Checks if the request sent a data
  if (requestData) {
    req.write(requestData);
  }

  req.end();
});

//Run
let data = JSON.stringify({
  "name": "Carlos"
});

let options = {
  hostname: '127.0.0.1',
  port: 443,
  path: '/',
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  rejectUnauthorized: false //kinda bad idea but useful in some cases
};

let result = await requestSSL(options, data);