Storing and sending cookies from an external API inside another API
I am working on an API that first must call another external API for some needed data using node.js. However the external API I am calling uses requires that you perform a login POST request that generates a cookie. In this API's documentation they demostrate this call and all other sample calls using WGET. See below:
wget --cookies=on --no-check-certificate --keep-session-cookies --save-cookies=cookie.txt --post-data 'username=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD' {{URL_END_POINT}} -O ./res.txt
Since my API is kind of behaving like a client when consuming the external API, I know that I will need to use a third party library to simulate the behavior of cookies outside the browser. I have looked into cookie.js, tough-cookie.js but these appear to be more intended for creating cookies to put into a users browser than to save cookies from connecting to endpoint. Any ideas on the following:
How do I properly store generated the cookie outside the browser? What some of the best packages for doing this?
Where do these cookies need to get stored? Should I use the my db? example code on how to do this would be great.
Any ideas on how to do this is much appreciated.
node.js express cookies
asked Nov 22 '18 at 13:58
Matthew McGuffMatthew McGuff
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I am working on an API that first must call another external API for some needed data using node.js. However the external API I am calling uses requires that you perform a login POST request that generates a cookie. In this API's documentation they demostrate this call and all other sample calls using WGET. See below:
wget --cookies=on --no-check-certificate --keep-session-cookies --save-cookies=cookie.txt --post-data 'username=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD' {{URL_END_POINT}} -O ./res.txt
Since my API is kind of behaving like a client when consuming the external API, I know that I will need to use a third party library to simulate the behavior of cookies outside the browser. I have looked into cookie.js, tough-cookie.js but these appear to be more intended for creating cookies to put into a users browser than to save cookies from connecting to endpoint. Any ideas on the following:
How do I properly store generated the cookie outside the browser? What some of the best packages for doing this?
Where do these cookies need to get stored? Should I use the my db? example code on how to do this would be great.
Any ideas on how to do this is much appreciated.
node.js express cookies
asked Nov 22 '18 at 13:58
Matthew McGuffMatthew McGuff
135
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I am working on an API that first must call another external API for some needed data using node.js. However the external API I am calling uses requires that you perform a login POST request that generates a cookie. In this API's documentation they demostrate this call and all other sample calls using WGET. See below:
wget --cookies=on --no-check-certificate --keep-session-cookies --save-cookies=cookie.txt --post-data 'username=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD' {{URL_END_POINT}} -O ./res.txt
Since my API is kind of behaving like a client when consuming the external API, I know that I will need to use a third party library to simulate the behavior of cookies outside the browser. I have looked into cookie.js, tough-cookie.js but these appear to be more intended for creating cookies to put into a users browser than to save cookies from connecting to endpoint. Any ideas on the following:
How do I properly store generated the cookie outside the browser? What some of the best packages for doing this?
Where do these cookies need to get stored? Should I use the my db? example code on how to do this would be great.
Any ideas on how to do this is much appreciated.
node.js express cookies
asked Nov 22 '18 at 13:58
Matthew McGuffMatthew McGuff
135
I am working on an API that first must call another external API for some needed data using node.js. However the external API I am calling uses requires that you perform a login POST request that generates a cookie. In this API's documentation they demostrate this call and all other sample calls using WGET. See below:
wget --cookies=on --no-check-certificate --keep-session-cookies --save-cookies=cookie.txt --post-data 'username=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD' {{URL_END_POINT}} -O ./res.txt
Since my API is kind of behaving like a client when consuming the external API, I know that I will need to use a third party library to simulate the behavior of cookies outside the browser. I have looked into cookie.js, tough-cookie.js but these appear to be more intended for creating cookies to put into a users browser than to save cookies from connecting to endpoint. Any ideas on the following:
How do I properly store generated the cookie outside the browser? What some of the best packages for doing this?
Where do these cookies need to get stored? Should I use the my db? example code on how to do this would be great.
Any ideas on how to do this is much appreciated.
node.js express cookies
node.js express cookies
asked Nov 22 '18 at 13:58
Matthew McGuffMatthew McGuff
135
asked Nov 22 '18 at 13:58
Matthew McGuffMatthew McGuff
135
asked Nov 22 '18 at 13:58
Matthew McGuffMatthew McGuff
135
asked Nov 22 '18 at 13:58
Matthew McGuffMatthew McGuff
135
asked Nov 22 '18 at 13:58
Matthew McGuffMatthew McGuff
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