Parse HTTP response from fixer.io in node.js

Question

I am trying to do a http request to fixer.io to request some exchange rate data. This is the code I am using:

var url = "http://data.fixer.io/api/latest?access_key=" + API + "&base=" + Currency + "&symbols=" + RequestCurrencies;

var request = require('request');

request(url, function (error, response, body) {
    if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
        console.log("Data",body);
        console.log("Body",body.base);

The result in body looks good:

  {"success":true,"timestamp":1521058763,"base":"EUR","date":"2018-03-14","rates":{"USD":1.237167}}

But in body.base I just get "Body undefined".

What am I doing wrong?

If you try the same request in a node script that you run locally on your own machine, does it work/behave differently? — Frank van Puffelen, Mar 14 '18 at 23:21
It behaves the same, I just tried to run the code on repl.it..it is also undefined there — Alexander Ko, Mar 18 '18 at 14:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '18 at 15:05

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The problem was that I haven't parsed the JSON file. After adding this line it worked:

 var response = JSON.parse(body1);

answered Mar 18 '18 at 15:05

Alexander Ko

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Parse HTTP response from fixer.io in node.js

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