Null in request [duplicate] - node.js

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In that code, console.log(game) gives me an array, but return(game) gives me null.
I don't know, what should I do to gain that array
takeApi: async (root, args, { req }, info) =>{
let userNick='Izyi';
var request = require('request');
var JsonFind=require('json-find');
var url = 'https://someapi/'+userNick;
var game;
request.get({
url: url,
json: true,
headers: {'API-KEY': 'XXX'}
}, (err, res, data) => {
if (err) {
console.log('Error:', err);
} else if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
console.log('Status:', res.statusCode);
} else {
const doc= JsonFind(data.lifeTimeStats);
var matchesPlayed=(doc.checkKey('7').value);
var wins=(doc.checkKey('8').value);
var kills=(doc.checkKey('10').value);
game ={kills:kills,wins:wins,matchesPlayed:matchesPlayed}
console.log(game);
return(game);
}
})
return(game);
}

Answer 1

request.get works via a callback and is not directly compatible with async/await. That callback happens when the request is done or has errored out. The return(game); then happens before the request has completed.
You need to return a new Promise and then resovle or reject based on the results passed to the callback.
You can then await or .then takeApi and expect to have a value returned.
const takeApi = async(root, args, { req }, info) => {
let userNick = 'Izyi';
var request = require('request');
var JsonFind = require('json-find');
var url = 'https://someapi/' + userNick;
// return a Promise, which will work
// by the called using `await` or `.then`
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
request.get({
url: url,
json: true,
headers: {
'API-KEY': 'XXX'
}
}, (err, res, data) => {
if (err) {
console.log('Error:', err);
// error, reject
reject(err);
} else if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
console.log('Status:', res.statusCode);
// error, reject
reject(res.statusCode);
} else {
const doc = JsonFind(data.lifeTimeStats);
var matchesPlayed = (doc.checkKey('7').value);
var wins = (doc.checkKey('8').value);
var kills = (doc.checkKey('10').value);
const game = {
kills: kills,
wins: wins,
matchesPlayed: matchesPlayed
}
console.log(game);
// success, resolve
resolve(game);
}
})
});
}