(I am completely new to the world of JavaScript, node.js, and Heroku so I apologize in advance if my question is not very clear) I recently set up a Heroku node.js application with a scheduled task that should run every hour.
The task does run as expected and the fireHook() method gets called (I can verify this from the console logs), but for some reason the request itself does not seem to be working (no logs or errors are observed).
This is the code snippet in question:
#!/usr/bin/env node
var request = require('request')
function fireHook(){
console.log("firing")
request({
url: 'https://XXXXXX.herokuapp.com/jobs',
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
json: {"user_id":{ "id":"ddddd"}}
}, function(error, response, body) {
console.log(response)
if (error) {
console.log('Error sending messages: ', error)
} else if (response.body.error) {
console.log('Error: ', response.body.error)
} else {
console.log('success: ', body)
reportToSnitch()
}
})
}
fireHook();
process.exit();
I have 2 questions:
- Why isn't the request functioning properly?
- Currently, I'm using a webhook to communicate with my main app. Is there a more efficient way to directly call a function on the main app from within the script?
Appreciate any insights you can provide!