example_http_request

example_http_request.js

// cd into root of this directory
// npm install
// npm install -g http-echo-server
// different terminal window from run `http-echo-server`
// node index.js

const tracer = require('dd-trace').init({debug: false})
const axios = require('axios')
const express = require('express')

async function init(req, res) {

	var axresponse =  await axios.post('http://localhost:3000?ok=ok', {
	    firstName: 'Fred',
	    lastName: 'Flintstone'
  	})

	console.log('response', axresponse.status)

	res.status(200).send('Hello World!')
}

const app = express()
const port = 5000

app.get('/', init)

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}!`))


// Text Extraction, set debug to true to see extracted context:
// curl -H "X-Datadog-Trace-Id: 3238677264721744442" -H "x-datadog-parent-id: 0" -H "x-datadog-sampling-priority: 1" -H "x-datadog-origin: synthetics" localhost:5000

package.json

{
  "name": "example_http_request",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "example_http_request.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node example_http_request.js"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "^0.19.1",
    "express": "^4.17.1",
  }
}