Node Restify use case to get data gives a "ResourceNotFound"

Question

I just started working with Nodejs.

I am using Restify to get data from: http://api.geonames.org/citiesJSON?north=44.1&south=-9.9&east=-22.4&west=55.2&lang=de&username=demo'.

My code below gives me an error: {"code":"ResourceNotFound","message":"/ does not exist"}

var restify =require("restify");

var server = restify.createServer();

server.use(restify.acceptParser(server.acceptable));
server.use(restify.queryParser());
server.use(restify.bodyParser());

server.get('http://api.geonames.org/citiesJSON?north=44.1&south=-9.9&east=-22.4&west=55.2&lang=de&username=demo', function (req, res) {
    console.log(req.body);
    res.send(200,req.body);
});

server.listen(7000, function () {
    console.log('listening at 7000');
});

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

That's because Restify is for creating REST endpoints, not consuming them. You should check out this SO post for help consuming data from an API.

e.g. create test.js with the following:

var http = require('http');
var options = {
  host: 'api.geonames.org',
  path: '/citiesJSON?north=44.1&south=-9.9&east=-22.4&west=55.2&lang=de&username=demo'
};

var req = http.get(options, function(res) {
  console.log('STATUS: ' + res.statusCode);
  console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(res.headers));

  // Buffer the body entirely for processing as a whole.
  var bodyChunks = [];
  res.on('data', function(chunk) {
    // You can process streamed parts here...
    bodyChunks.push(chunk);
  }).on('end', function() {
    var body = Buffer.concat(bodyChunks);
    console.log('BODY: ' + body);
    // ...and/or process the entire body here.
  })
});

req.on('error', function(e) {
  console.log('ERROR: ' + e.message);
});

then run node test.js.

If javascript novice wants to both consume an API and provide an API then it would be good to check out the built in clients in restify. http://restify.com/#client-api — HeadCode, Nov 04 '15 at 18:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '15 at 00:24

I found what I was looking for. You can use restify client to get JSON data:

Here is my solution:

var restify = require("restify");

 function getJSONDataFromUrl(){
    var query = "?north=44.1&south=-9.9&east=-22.4&west=55.2&lang=de&username=demo";
    var options = {};
    options.url = "http://api.geonames.org";
    options.type = options.type || "json";
    options.path = "/citiesJSON" + query;
    options.headers = {Accept: "application/json"};


    var client = restify.createClient(options);

    client.get(options, function(err, req, res, data) {
        if (err) {
            console.log(err);
            return;
        }
        client.close();
        console.log(JSON.stringify(data));

        return JSON.stringify(data);
    });
}

getJSONDataFromUrl();

Node Restify use case to get data gives a "ResourceNotFound"

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