Making HTTP requests from within MongoDB Atlas App Services

Question

We are currently using the Third-party HTTP Service provided by MongoDB in order to make HTTP requests to the outside world from within our app running in Atlas App Services. As per their documentation, this will be deprecated in December 2022.

However, I can't find an alternative for the future - what will be the preferred way to make HTTP requests from within Atlas App Services Apps?

Ishaan Puniani · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-16 09:43:39Z

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I was in similar situation before as you are. But then I realised that App Service team actually simplifies it by adding support for dependencies.

So, I can import standard axios library and starts using it seamlessly as

exports = async function(arg){
  const axios = require('axios'); // is allowed here

  axios.get('https://coderower.com')
    .then(response => {
       console.log(response.data);
    })
    .catch(error => {
      console.log(error);
    });
  
  
  return {success: true}
};

answered Aug 16, 2022 at 9:43

Ishaan Puniani

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3 Comments

Nils Over a year ago

Thanks Ishaan, this was the solution. One caveat that took me a while to figure out was that "require" isn't allowed at the top level - would you mind editing your answer to make this more clear to readers?

Rogue Panda Over a year ago

For anyone reading this in 2023. Axios ONLY works with 1.0.0-alpha.1. Most other versions will throw import errors.

user2966445 Over a year ago

@RoguePanda As of 04/22/2023, axios 1.2.0 works in Atlas functions.

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