Foursquare Check-in Reply - node.js

Question

I am trying to Connect my application to foursquare and I want to display a message when a user checks in to certain places. I am trying to use their real time api https://developer.foursquare.com/overview/realtime
Everything works fine until the very end, ( when I have to send a reply post request https://developer.foursquare.com/docs/checkins/reply) I am using express and node.js. Here is what my post request looks like.
app.post('/handlepush', function(req, res) {
var checkin_id =req.param('checkin');
console.log(checkin_id);
var obj = JSON.parse(checkin_id);
var id = obj.id;
res.end('It worked!');
var token = "********************************";
var post_data = querystring.stringify({text : "awesome"});
var options = {
host: 'api.foursquare.com',
path: '/v2/checkins/' + id + '/reply?oauth_token=' + token,
port: 443,
method: 'POST'
};
var req2 = https.request(options, function(res2) {
res2.setEncoding('utf8');
res2.on('data', function (chunk) {
console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);
});
req2.on('error', function(e) {
console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message);
});
});
req2.write(post_data);
req2.end();
});
this is the error I get, for some reason I am not able to add parameters for my post:
BODY: {"meta":{"code":400,"errorType":"other","errorDetail":"Must provide parameter text"},"response":{}}

Answer 1

You need to actually send your request. See: How to make an HTTP POST request in node.js?
var req2 = http.request(options, function(res2) {
res2.setEncoding('utf8');
res2.on('data', function (chunk) {
console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);
});
});
req2.end();