Using javascript fetch in nodejs

Vanilla javascript's native fetch method has a simpler API to make Ajax calls. This post shows how to use it in NodeJS environment.

node-fetch module ( https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetch ) brings window.fetch feature to NodeJS environment.
You can install it by running the following command

npm i node-fetch

Once you added the library you can start making Ajax calls. Following code shows you how to make GET and POST calls using the node-fetch

// Example GET call

const fetch = require('node-fetch');

fetch(<url>)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json));

// Example POST call

const fetch = require('node-fetch');

let data = { foo: 'bar', i : 10};

fetch( <url>, {
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify(data),
      headers:{
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
      }
}).then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json));