Request API calls
A common use case for code actions is to make API calls to external services.
Requests
From code actions you can call external APIs using a package called request. Request is based on the popular axios package.
// GET Request
async payload => {
const result = await request.get("https://some-external-api")
console.info('Received data', result.data)
}
// POST Request
async payload => {
const result = await request.post("https://some-external-api", {
orderId: '1234'
})
console.info('Received result', result.data)
}
Catching errors
Best practice is to catch and handle different errors when making API calls.
async payload => {
try {
// Make a request
const result = await request.get('MY API ENDPOINT')
// ...
} catch(err) {
if (err.response) {
// The request was made and the server responded with a status code
// that falls out of the range of 2xx
console.error('Failed with response', err.response.data)
} else if (err.request) {
// The request was made but no response was received
console.error('Failed request', err)
} else {
// Something happened in setting up the request that triggered an Error
console.error('Failed in general', err)
}
}
}
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Updated 10 months ago