How to consume a RESTful API in Node.js - node.js

Question

I'm new to Node.js and I'm creating a simple pagination page. The REST API works fine, but consuming it has left me in limbo.
Here is the REST API (other parts have been taken out for brevity)
const data = req.query.pageNo;
const pageNo =
(typeof data === 'undefined' || data < 1) ? 1 : parseInt(req.query.pageNo);
let query = {};
const total = 10;
query.skip = (total * pageNo) - total;
query.limit = total;
try {
const totalCount = await Users.countDocuments();
const pageTotal = Math.ceil(totalCount / total);
const users = await Users.find({}, {}, query);
return res.status(200).json(users);
} catch (error) {
console.log('Error ', error);
return res.status(400).send(error)
};
};
When I return the json with just the 'users' object, like so return res.status(200).json(users); the page renders correctly, but when I pass in other objects like what I have in the code, it fails. This is how I'm consuming the API:
const renderHomepage = (req, res, responseBody) => {
let message = null;
if (!(responseBody instanceof Array)) {
message = 'API lookup error';
responseBody = [];
} else {
if (!responseBody.length) {
message = 'No users found nearby';
}
}
res.render('users-list', {
title: 'Home Page',
users: responseBody,
message: message
});
}
const homelist = (req, res) => {
const path = '/api/users';
const requestOptions = {
url: `${apiOptions.server}${path}`,
method: 'GET',
json: true,
};
request(
requestOptions,
(err, {statusCode}, body) => {
if (err) {
console.log('Ther was an error ', err);
} else if (statusCode === 200 && body.length) {
renderHomepage(req, res, body);
} else if (statusCode !== 200 && !body.length) {
console.log('error ',statusCode);
}
}
);
}
I've searched extensively on both here and other resources but none of the solutions quite answers my question. I hope someone could be of help