[SOLVED] How to use curl with superagent/fetch in javascript

How to use curl with superagent/fetch in javascript

I am trying to wire up my app to an external API. The external API's documentation says to make the call using curl:

curl "https://wordsapiv1.p.mashape.com/words/soliloquy"
  -H "X-Mashape-Key: <required>"

My app is built with JS/React - I am unfamiliar with the above syntax. I am trying to figure out how to write this using superagent (or, if necessary, fetch).

This is what I have so far from following some other Stack Overflow answers but I have no idea how to incorporate: -H "X-Mashape-Key: <required>"

My API key is stored in a .env file.

require('dotenv').config
console.log(process.env) 
const request = require('superagent')
const url = 'https://wordsapiv1.p.mashape.com/words/'

//dictionary
export function getDictionaryDefinition(word) {
  return request.get(`${url}/dog`).then((response) => {
    console.log(response)
  })
}

Solution

I highly recommend getting familiar with the basics of curl. It's worth knowing and it's everywhere. you can find nice cheat sheets here and here.

-H in curl represent a header, so in your case you'll need to add that to your request, e.g.

request.get(`${url}/dog`)
  .set('X-Mashape-Key', API_KEY)
  .then((response) => {...

or in fetch:

fetch("https://wordsapiv1.p.mashape.com/words/soliloquy", {
  headers: {
    "X-Mashape-Key": API_KEY
  }
})

as a bonus, I found a nice project that "translates" curl to fetch: https://kigiri.github.io/fetch/