How to call a fastapi route from node.js?

@ryleigh 

To call a FastAPI route from Node.js, you can use the axios library, which is a popular HTTP client for making requests in Node.js. Here's an example of how you can call a FastAPI route using axios:

1. Install axios by running the following command in your Node.js project directory:

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npm install axios

1. Create a Node.js script and import axios at the top:

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const axios = require('axios');

1. Make a GET request to a FastAPI route using axios:

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const url = 'http://localhost:8000/your-route'; // Replace with the URL of your FastAPI route
axios.get(url)
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response.data);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

1. Replace 'http://localhost:8000/your-route' with the actual URL of your FastAPI route.
2. Run your Node.js script using node your-script.js and it will make a GET request to the specified FastAPI route.

Make sure to handle any errors that may occur during the request by using the .catch method. Additionally, you can also make POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. requests using axios by changing the method in the request.