Make HTTPS call within Firebase Function - firebase

Question

I am trying to make a call within a firebase function to a locally managed server. I am not super familiar with node as a development environment so I am not sure what is the issue.
const functions = require('firebase-functions');
const https = require('http');
exports.testPost = functions.https.onRequest((req, res) => {
var options = {
host: 'localdevserver.edu',
port: 80,
path: '/my/endpoint'
};
let data = '';
http.get(options, function(resp){
resp.on('data', function(chunk){
//do something with chunk
data += chunk;
resp.on('end', console.log("dones"));
});
}).on("error", function(e){
console.log("Got error: " + e.message);
});
});
When I look in the Firebase Functions Log, it says either timeout or no reject defined.

Answer 1

With HTTP type functions, you need to send a response to the client in order to terminate the function. Otherwise it will time out.
res.send("OK");
Please read the documentation for more details.

Answer 2

You can use SYNC-REQUEST
npm install sync-request
var request = require('sync-request');
var res = request('GET', 'http://google.com');
console.log(res.body.toString('utf-8'));
the function would be something like this:
exports.testPost = functions.https.onRequest((req, res) => {
var request = require('sync-request');
var res = request('GET', 'http://google.com');
var res = res.body.toString('utf-8');
resp.on(res, console.log("dones"));
});