Get a json via Http Request in NodeJS

Question

Here  is my model with a json response   exports getUser   function req  res  callback        User find req body  function  err  data            if  err                res json err errors             else               res json data                         Here I get it via http request  Why do I receive  data  a string and not a json    var options       hostname   127 0 0 1     port  app get  port      path    users     method   GET     headers     Content-Type    application json        var req   http request options  function res      res setEncoding  utf8      res on  data   function  data           console log data      I can t parse it because  it s a string  why            reqA on  error   function e      console log  problem with request      e message       reqA end      How can I get a json

User · Accepted Answer

http sends receives data as strings    this is just the way things are   You are looking to parse the string as json   var jsonObject   JSON parse data     How to parse JSON using Node js

User · Answer

Just setting json option to true  the body will contain the parsed json   request     url   http           json  true    function error  response  body      console log body

User · Answer

Just tell request that you are using json true and forget about header and parse  var options         hostname   127 0 0 1       port  app get  port        path    users       method   GET       json true   request options  function error  response  body       if error  console log error       else console log body         and the same for post  var options         hostname   127 0 0 1       port  app get  port        path    users       method   POST       json    name   John    lastname   Doe     request options  function error  response  body       if error  console log error       else console log body

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