node-fetch only returning promise pending

Question

I am trying out node-fetch and the only result I am getting is:

Promise { <pending> }

How can I fix this so I get a completed promise?

code:

var nf = require('node-fetch');

nf(url).then(function(u){console.log(u.json())})

Answer 1

The problem with your code is that u.json() returns a promise

You need to wait for that new Promise to resolve also:

var nf = require('node-fetch');

var url = 'https://api.github.com/emojis'

nf(url).then(
  function(u){ return u.json();}
).then(
  function(json){
    console.log(json);
  }
)

For real code you should also add a .catch or try/catch and some 404/500 error handling since fetch always succeeds unless a network error occurs. Status codes 404 and 500 still resolve with success