AWS lambda http post request failing - node.js

Question

const http = require('http');
exports.handler = function (event, context, callback) {
console.log(event);
var data = {
'name': 'test'
};
var url = "http://**************.com";
function sendFileToUrl(url, data, context, callback) {
console.log('Sending File to the URL:' + url);
if (url && data && context) {
if (context) {
setInterval(function () { }, 1000);
context.callbackWaitsForEmptyEventLoop = false;
}
return http.post(url, JSON.stringify(data)).then(function (res) {
console.log("Data Sent & response: " + res.statusCode);
callback(null, 'success msg');
}).on('error', function (e) {
console.log("Could not send the data & error: " + e.message);
callback(new Error('failure'));
});
}
}
return sendFileToUrl(url, data, context, callback);
};
I am trying to make a http post request from lambda. Sending the data to the specified URL. But it is being asynchronous and gives a response message null
It is not printing the message "Data sent".
How to get this done? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Try to change your code like this:
const http = require('http');
exports.handler = function (event, context, callback) {
console.log(event);
var data = JSON.stringify({
'name': 'test'
});
const options = {
hostname: 'example.com',
path: '/path-to-resource',
port: 80,
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Content-Length': data.length
}
};
function sendFileToUrl(options, data, callback) {
console.log('Sending File to the URL:' + url);
if (url && data) {
const req = http.request(url, JSON.stringify(data)).then(function (res) {
console.log("Data Sent & response: " + res.statusCode);
callback(null, 'success msg');
});
req.on('error', function (e) {
console.log("Could not send the data & error: " + e.message);
callback(new Error('failure'));
});
req.write(data);
req.end();
}
}
sendFileToUrl(options, data, callback);
};