Make an HTTPS request in Node.js

For a low-level HTTPS request, Node exposes node:https. Save this as an ES module (for example, request.mjs). The response arrives as a stream, so collect its chunks before parsing:

import https from 'node:https';

https.get('https://example.com/data', (res) => {
  let body = '';
  res.setEncoding('utf8');
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { body += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => {
    if (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode >= 300) {
      console.error(`HTTP ${res.statusCode}`);
      return;
    }
    console.log(body);
  });
}).on('error', console.error);

For new code, the promise-based fetch() API is usually easier to read; see Make a GET request in Node.js. Whichever client you choose, check status codes, set timeouts, limit response sizes, and handle connection errors. Never disable TLS certificate verification to make a failing request “work”; diagnose the hostname, certificate chain, proxy, or local trust store instead.

Sources

• Node.js documentation
• Node.js package-manager installation guide