[SOLVED] Requesting OAuth credentials with node

Issue

Im implementing PayU API with node.js. This is the request example for obtaining access token that is written in PayU´s documentation

curl -X POST https://secure.payu.com/pl/standard/user/oauth/authorize \
-d 'grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=145227&client_secret=12f071174cb7eb79d4aac5bc2f07563f'

It is a curl request , so it works well when it is sent from the command line, but I need to send it from express server. Any ideas how can this be done?

Solution

You can use request module for making HTTP requests. The first argument to request can either be a URL string, or an object of options.

url: The destination URL of the HTTP request

method: The HTTP method to be used (GET, POST, DELETE, etc)

headers: An object of HTTP headers (key-value) to be set in the request

Example.

var request = require('request');

options = {
    "method":"POST",
    "url": "https://secure.payu.com/pl/standard/user/oauth/authorize",
    "headers": {
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
  },
  "body": "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=145227&client_secret=12f071174cb7eb79d4aac5bc2f07563f"
}

request(options, function(err, res, body){
  if(err){
    console.log(err);
  }
  const data = JSON.parse(body);
  console.log(data.access_token)
});

Answered By - xMayank