nodejs express 调java接口,Express和Nodejs：调用外部API的最佳方式

I am new to Express and Nodejs. I am trying to call an external api for building data on a page. Is there a way to call the external api from express itself (I know i can use http moduel to do this) but want to confirm is that the best way. Also once i get the json back how do i pass it to the view.

Right now i have done a workaround by just loading the view(just headers) with express and making an jquery ajax call to api and populate the data.

解决方案

First of all, you need to call your external API inside controller where you want to populate it. The best will be to use http module, it is pretty easy to use http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.10/api/http.html#http.get . After you get data, you just pass it to view like this:

http.get(options, function(data) {

res.render('template', data);

});