Using Node.js to connect to a REST API

Question

Is it sensible to use Node.js to write a stand alone app that will connect two REST API\'s?

One end will be a POS - Point of sale - system

The other will be

Answer 1

A more easy and useful tool is just using an API like Unirest; URest is a package in NPM that is just too easy to use jus like

 app.get('/any-route', function(req, res){
     unirest.get("https://rest.url.to.consume/param1/paramN")
       .header("Any-Key", "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
       .header("Accept", "text/plain")
       .end(function (result) {
       res.render('name-of-the-page-according-to-your-engine', {
         layout: 'some-layout-if-you-want',
         markup:  result.body.any-property,
    });

});