Node.js post request not executing callback - node.js

Question

So ive got this function:
async function getRandomNumber(){
const https = require('https');
const url = 'https://api.random.org/json-rpc/2/invoke';
const params:object = {
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "generateIntegers",
"params": {
"apiKey": process.env.randomApiKey,
"n": 1,
"min": 1,
"max": 10,
},
"id": 42
}
const options = {
hostname: 'https://api.random.org',
port: 443,
path: '/json-rpc/2/invoke',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(params))
}
};
const req = https.request(options, (res:any) => {
console.log(`STATUS: ${res.statusCode}`);
console.log(`HEADERS: ${JSON.stringify(res.headers)}`);
res.setEncoding('utf8');
res.on('data', (chunk:any) => {
console.log(`BODY: ${chunk}`);
});
res.on('end', () => {
console.log('No more data in response.');
});
});
req.on('error', (e:any) => {
console.error(`problem with request: ${e.message}`);
});
// Write data to request body
req.write(JSON.stringify(params));
req.end();
}
which is being called like this:
await getRandomNumber();
But the call back does not log anything, so it seem that the post request is not beeing executed? How can I make this work?
Is it better to use the request module?

Answer 1

The problem is that you are trying to await a callback style function which doesn't return a promise. You need to return a promise to await it.
Regarding request module, i wouldn't suggest using it as it is not maintained. You can read more here
https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
This also talks about alternative libraries
https://github.com/request/request/issues/3143
One of the library is got which can simplify the work which are doing. the code will look like
const getResponse = await got("http://someurlhere");
console.log(getResponse.body);