How do you use an api key in Node.js? - node.js

Question

I am using both express and request, but when I try to enter the URI into the request, the console says ' Invalid URI "api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Raleigh,NC,US&appid={apiKey}" '. It would be easier if I showed you my code:
const request = require('request');
const express = require('express');
const HTTP_PORT = process.env.HTTP_PORT || 3001;
const app = express();
let bodyContent = null;
request.get("api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Raleigh,NC,US&appid={apiKey}", function(err, res, body) {
if(!err && res.statusCode == 200) { // Successful response
console.log(body); // Displays the response from the API
bodyContent = body;
} else {
console.log(err);
bodyContent = err;
}
});
app.get("/weatherData", (req, res) => {
res.jsonp(bodyContent);
});
app.listen(HTTP_PORT, () => console.log(`Listening on port ${HTTP_PORT}`));
Note: I have hidden my api key for security reasons. My actual code replaces {apiKey} with my actual api key.
The documentation for this api says that the "api.openweathermap.org/..." URI is the proper way to make an api call. However, whenever I try to use this, nothing works.
Here is a link to the website so that you can see what I mean:
https://openweathermap.org/current#call

Answer 1

Here is my proposition, I added .dotenv package, and changed the code a little for this case.
const request = require("request");
const express = require("express");
const HTTP_PORT = process.env.HTTP_PORT || 3001;
require("dotenv").config();
const app = express();
let bodyContent = null;
request.get(
`${process.env.BASE_URL}weather?q=Raleigh,NC,US&appid=${process.env.API_KEY}`,
function (err, res, body) {
if (!err && res.statusCode == 200) {
// Successful response
console.log(body); // Displays the response from the API
bodyContent = body;
} else {
console.log(err);
bodyContent = err;
}
}
);
app.get("/weatherData", (req, res) => {
res.jsonp(bodyContent);
});
app.listen(HTTP_PORT, () => {
console.log(`Server is listening at http://localhost:${HTTP_PORT}`);
});
in VSCode:
.env file:
browser: http://localhost:3001/weatherData