Node Express Get request passing a custom header - node.js

Question

I am trying to make a get request equivalent to this jQuery:
$.ajax({
headers: { 'X-Auth-Token': 'YOUR_API_KEY' },
url: 'http://api.football-data.org/v2/competitions/BL1/standings',
dataType: 'json',
type: 'GET',
}).done(function(response) {
console.log(response);
});
However, I haven't figured out how to do it using nodejs - express. This code is from an api routes module attached to the main app.
The request seems to work, collecting the data but does not end. Also, I cannot see the custom header in the request when inspecting from the browser.
app.get('/api/:league', function(req, res, next) {
var apiKey = process.env.API_KEY;
let url = 'api.football-data.org';
var options = {
host: url,
method: 'GET',
path: 'v2/competitions/BL1/standings',
headers: {
'X-Auth-Token': apiKey
}
};
let data = "";
var getReq = http.request(options,function(resp){
console.log("Connected");
resp.on("data", chunk => {
data += chunk;
});
resp.on("end", () => {
console.log("data collected");
});
});
getReq.on("error", (err) => console.log("OOPS!", err));
getReq.end(JSON.stringify(data));
})
Link to project

Answer 1

Try using request-promise npm package.https://www.npmjs.com/package/request-promise
var rp = require(request-promise);
const baseUrl = 'api.football-data.org/v2/competitions/BL1/standings';
const apiKey = process.env.API_KEY;
var options = {
method: 'GET',
uri: baseUrl,
headers: {
'X-Auth-Token': apiKey
},
json: true
};
rp(options)
.then(function (response) {
console.log(response)
}
);

Answer 2

jQuery ajax function does not have headers option. You can read about this function on official doc http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/ . They custom request header by beforeSend function way:
$.ajax({
beforeSend: function (request) {
request.setRequestHeader("X-Auth-Token", 'YOUR_API_KEY');
},
url: 'http://api.football-data.org/v2/competitions/BL1/standings',
dataType: 'json',
type: 'GET',
}).done(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});
With http node lib, you can flow this example
var req = http.request(options, function (res) {
var chunks = [];
res.on("data", function (chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
res.on("end", function () {
var body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
// TODO: send data to client
// res.status(200).json(JSON.stringify(body.toString()))
console.log(body.toString());
});
});
req.end();