check-connection-with-nodejs.js

check-connection-with-node.js

/**
 * this file can be used when the pod doesn't have curl or wget and also non root user.
 * assumed the pod is linux with nodejs installed
 *
 * copy the content to memory of your pc/mac, and in the pod, do :
 * echo "{the-content-of-the-file}" > /tmp/example.js
 * node /tmp/example.js
 */
const https = require('https');

https.get('https://some-server/', (resp) => {
  let data = '';

  // A chunk of data has been received.
  resp.on('data', (chunk) => {
    data += chunk;
  });

  // The whole response has been received. Print out the result.
  resp.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).explanation);
  });

}).on("error", (err) => {
  console.log("Error: " + err.message);
});