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How to integrate flutter app with node.js

I am trying to develop a flutter app which is integrated with node.js . But I don't know how to implement it anyone can help me with this

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Mahafuz Zaman Avatar asked Apr 19 '18 06:04

Mahafuz Zaman


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1 Answers

If you create a RESTful api server, you can write it in any language you want, and your Flutter app can use it to retrieve and post data. So simply create a Node.js server and make requests to it via Flutter over http.

Here is an example of how to create an HTTP client in Flutter and use it to connect to a server endpoint and get a response:

//Import dart library
import 'dart:io';

_getUserApi() async {
  var httpClient = new HttpClient();
  var uri = new Uri.https('yourserverurl.com', '/your/endpoint/whatever');
  var request = await httpClient.getUrl(uri);
  var response = await request.close();
  var responseBody = await response.transform(UTF8.decoder).join();
  return responseBody;
} 

If you configure your server to return data in JSON format (as is most common with Node.js), you will need to parse the JSON response and convert it to a typed form to be used by your application. You can do this either by writing the constructors yourself, or by using a Dart library like json_serializable or built_value.

Here is a very good article about using each of these methods.

Once you have deserialized your JSON, you can use the data in your Flutter widget.

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Kallaste Avatar answered Oct 17 '22 19:10

Kallaste