# How to return body from NPM request?

**URL:** <https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Tags:** question, code\
**Created:** [December 20, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825 "2018-12-20T04:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![felipe-bustos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/felipe-bustos/32/692_2.png) [@felipe-bustos](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/felipe-bustos)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825/1 "2018-12-20T04:01:44Z")

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#npm #request #returnBody

Hey there wixers, I’ve been working around with the npm modules but I’m somehow stuck with the request module.

I managed to create a backend function that makes a request to a 3rd party APi and gets a response (as indicated [here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/request) ) BUT I cannot get the body variable to travel back to the front end. I tried using a callback but it only appears to work within the backend code and not on the page code.

Can you please give it a look?

**PAGE CODE**

```javascript
import { charge } from 'backend/authorizeNET';

export async function buttonPay_click(event) {
 let customerID, amount, cardNumber, cardName, cardCVC, cardMonth, cardYear, newData, bodyOut;

    customerID = $w("#customerID");
    amount = $w("#amount");
    cardNumber = $w("#cardNumber");
    cardName = $w("#cardName");
    cardCVC = $w("#cardCVC");
    cardMonth = $w("#cardMonth");
    cardYear = $w("#cardYear");

 if (customerID.valid && cardNumber.valid && cardMonth.valid && cardYear.valid && cardCVC.valid && cardName.valid && amount.value > 0) {
 bodyOut = charge(customerID.value, amount.value, cardNumber.value, cardMonth.value, cardYear.value, cardCVC.value);
 //I want to use the body
    } else {
        console.log("oops!");
    }
}

```

BACKEND

```javascript
var request = require("request");

export function charge(policyNumber, amount, cardNumber, cardMonth, cardYear, cardCVC) {

 const apiLogin = "xxxx"; //Sandbox
 const transactionKey = "yyyy"; //Sandbox
 const url = "https://apitest.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api/createTransactionRequest"; //Sandbox
 //const url = "https://api.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api/createTransactionRequest"; //Live

 var options = {
        method: 'POST',
        url: url,
        headers: {
 'cache-control': 'no-cache',
 'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        },
        body: {
            createTransactionRequest: {
                merchantAuthentication: { name: apiLogin, transactionKey: transactionKey },
                transactionRequest: {
                    transactionType: 'authCaptureTransaction',
                    amount: amount,
                    payment: {
                        creditCard: {
                            cardNumber: cardNumber,
                            expirationDate: cardYear + '-' + cardMonth,
                            cardCode: cardCVC
                        }
                    },
                    customer: { id: policyNumber }
                }
            }
        },
        json: true
    };

    doRequest(options, function (val) {
        console.log("Body : ", val);
        //Val is the variable I want to use in the page code. 
        return val;
    });

}

function doRequest(options, callback) {
    request(options, 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); 
        callback(body);
    })
}

```

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![andreas-kviby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/andreas-kviby/32/790_2.png) [@andreas-kviby](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/andreas-kviby)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825/2 "2018-12-20T09:57:18Z")

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Hey

Frontend:  
Don’t you need to await the charge call?

```javascript
bodyOut = await charge(customerID.value, amount.value, cardNumber.value, cardMonth.value, cardYear.value, cardCVC.value);

```

Backend:  
Sometimes even the function calling something that will be returned needs to have return in front.

```javascript
return doRequest(options, function (val) {         
    console.log("Body : ", val); //Val is the variable I want to use in the page code.  
    return val; 
});

```

Are you sure you get the values you expect in the val variable?

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**Author:** ![felipe-bustos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/felipe-bustos/32/692_2.png) [@felipe-bustos](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/felipe-bustos)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825/3 "2018-12-20T15:09:48Z")

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Thanks @andreas-kviby I’ve tried the async / await but it doesn’t work. Also returning the function on the backend doesn’t work either… Any other thoughts?

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**Author:** ![roi-bendet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/roi-bendet/32/1283_2.png) [@roi-bendet](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/roi-bendet)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825/4 "2018-12-26T14:48:03Z")

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@felipe-bustos  
Are you sure that you placed the async/await syntax correctly?  
I’m pretty sure it should work.  
Roi.

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**Author:** ![felipe-bustos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/felipe-bustos/32/692_2.png) [@felipe-bustos](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/felipe-bustos)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825/5 "2019-01-02T20:16:00Z")

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@roi-bendet@andreas-kviby thanks guys. The issue was that the request module does not support async await. I had requested the addition of request-promise and it is now available. Upon changing it it works like a charm.

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![curator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@curator](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/curator)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825/6 "2019-09-13T16:16:01Z")

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Hi Felipe,

I am having exactly the same issue, and so I guess I also need to move from the npm request module to request-promise npm module. I see that it is available for loading in Wix.

btw, do you also have to install the bluebird module, as request-promise depends on it?

I would very much appreciate if you could share the code as to how you modified the above to use the request-promise package - would save me lots of research time!

Kind Regards!

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**Author:** ![felipe-bustos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/felipe-bustos/32/692_2.png) [@felipe-bustos](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/felipe-bustos)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825/7 "2019-09-13T22:08:16Z")

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@curator here you go 🙂 sorry the format but I’m on the phone.

//var request = require(“request”); //doesn’t work with async await  
var request = **require** (“request-promise”);  
let bodyOut;  
**export async function** charge(policyNumber, amount, cardNumber, cardMonth, cardYear, cardCVC, billToData) {  
//const apiLogin = “XXXXXX”; //Sandbox  
const apiLogin = “XXXXXXX”; //Live  
//const transactionKey = “XXXXXX”; //Sandbox  
const transactionKey = “XXXXX”; //Live  
//const url = " [https://apitest.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api/createTransactionRequest";](https://apitest.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api/createTransactionRequest) //Sandbox  
const url = " [https://api.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api/createTransactionRequest](https://api.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api/createTransactionRequest) "; //Live  
let out = “nothing”;  
var options = {  
method: ‘POST’,  
url: url,  
headers: {  
‘cache-control’: ‘no-cache’,  
‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’  
},  
body: {  
createTransactionRequest: {  
merchantAuthentication: { name: apiLogin, transactionKey: transactionKey },  
transactionRequest: {  
transactionType: ‘authCaptureTransaction’,  
amount: amount,  
payment: {  
creditCard: {  
cardNumber: cardNumber,  
expirationDate: cardYear + ‘-’ + cardMonth,  
cardCode: cardCVC  
}  
},  
customer: { id: policyNumber },  
billTo: {  
firstName: billToData.firstName,  
lastName: billToData.lastName,  
address: billToData.address,  
city: billToData.city,  
state: billToData.state,  
zip: billToData.zip  
}  
}  
}  
},  
json: **true**  
};  
out = **await** request(options, function (error, response, body) {  
/_console.log(‘error:’, error);  
console.log(‘statusCode:’, response && response.statusCode);  
console.log(“Body:”, body);_/  
})  
[//console.log](https://console.log)(“out”,out);  
**return** out  
}

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**Author:** ![curator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@curator](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/curator)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-return-body-from-npm-request/11825/8 "2019-09-15T14:31:25Z")

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@felipe-bustos , wow, thanks so much for sending this over. /this is a real help.

Kind regards, Tom