Using request to return a json value

Question

I'm trying to use request to make a request to this api https://api.ipify.org/?format=json and receive back some json like this {"ip":"XX.XX.XXX.XX"} from there I want to parse it and let my function's callback console.log the ip.

I'm just learning about callbacks and async so please give me any advice you can :)

const url = 'https://api.ipify.org/?format=json';

const getMyIP = function (callback) {
  request(url, (error, body, _response) => {
    body = JSON.parse(body);
    const ip = body["ip"];
    return ip;
  });
};


getMyIP((error, ip) => {
  if (!error) {
    console.log(ip);
  }
});

instead of retuning ip, just call your callback.

Ramesh Reddy
– Ramesh Reddy

2020-08-02 04:17:42 +00:00
Commented Aug 2, 2020 at 4:17 — Ramesh Reddy
– Ramesh Reddy, Commented Aug 2, 2020 at 4:17

Yanjan. Kaf. · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-02 04:18:06Z

1

fetch("https://api.ipify.org/?format=json")
.then(res => res.json())
.then(val => {console.log(val.ip);})
.catch(e => console.log(`Error - ${e}`))

answered Aug 2, 2020 at 4:18

Yanjan. Kaf.

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