Building the External API Cal

distance.js

var request = require('request');

const apiKey = process.env.ZIPCODE_API_KEY || "hkCt1nW1wF1rppaEmoor7T9G4ta7R5wFSu8l1dokNz8y53gGZHDneWWVosbEYirC";

const zipCodeURL = 'https://www.zipcodeapi.com/rest/';

var distance = {

   find: function(req, res, next) {

       request(zipCodeURL + apiKey 

               + '/distance.json/' + req.params.zipcode1 + '/' 

               + req.params.zipcode2 + '/mile',

       function (error, response, body) {

           if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {

               response = JSON.parse(body);

               res.send(response);

           } else {

               console.log(response.statusCode + response.body);

               res.send({distance: -1});

           }

       });

   }

};

module.exports = distance;