second_attempt.js

const soap = require('soap'),
      request = require('request');

const url = 'https://fakeapi.com/stats?wsdl';

let request_with_defaults = request.defaults({'auth': {'user': 'fakeuser', 'pass': 'fakepass', 'sendImmediately': true}});
let soap_client_options = {'request': request_with_defaults};

soap.createClient(url, soap_client_options, function(err, client) {

    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    }

    if (client) {
        client.getMyPermissions(function(err, result) {
            console.log(result.body);
        });
    }

});