Using HTTP call method to set parameters in response

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Hello,

I am currently using the HTTP.call() method to call a webservice and process the response.
After doing the call, I am trying to use the response object to fill in (initialize) some variables, but it seems that doesn’t really happen.

Can anyone please explain how that happens and how I can make this work? Please see code below:

    let testString;
    HTTP.call('GET','http://localhost:8080/getinformation', {
        params: {
            "userid": user._id,
            "locationid": locationid,
        }
    },function(error, response) {
        if(error) {
            console.log("Error -> " + error);
            testString = error;
        } else {
            testString = response.statusCode;
        }
    });
    console.log('TEST STRING -> ' + testString);

Calling Test string in the console log, returns an undefined.

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That’s normal JavaScript behaviour. The HTTP request is asynchronous, so its response is only available through the callback. The code after the HTTP request executes synchronously:

console.log('a');
HTTP.call('...', (error, response) => {
  console.log('b');
});
console.log('c');

Logs: a, c, b.

If you are doing this on the server, you can use the non-callback form and it will work as you expect:

try {
  let testString = HTTP.call('GET', 'http://localhost:8080/getinformation', {
    params: {
      "userid": user._id,
      "locationid": locationid,
    }
  });
  console.log('TEST STRING -> ' + testString);
} catch (error) {
  //...
}
3

That did the trick! Thanks a lot!

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