Twitch POST request for OAuth2 token (Node & Express)

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@BarryCarlyon

You also might want to look at using the helper library request or if thats too “heavy” use got to save some hassle with http(s) requests.

Or since you are in node anyway tmi.js

I saw a require('request') in a few examples online and need to search what the best uses for the two modules would be.

I was actually playing with tmi.js for some chat features, didn’t realize that it was also could make requests to the API. If coding it all myself becomes too much to handle, I might just switch. I’m enjoying the learning experience. Thank you @BarryCarlyon

@3ventic

You never req.write(data); to your POST request, so your request body is actually empty, invalid

This was the problem. I figured it out last night before going to bed thanks to POSTman’s code feature. I didn’t find any examples of req.write() online and I’m a pretty big noob. heh. Thanks for the help @3ventic

@3ventic

The express req doesn’t need to be terminated. While the practice of using a parameter name for a new variable isn’t recommended, it shouldn’t make a difference here.

Is there a good naming convention for distinguishing the two? Prior to posting, I was playing around and changed it from postReq but changed it when I was scraping my code for screw ups. lol

Thanks for posting this for me jpdevjosh, I was about to pull my hair out last night! lol