var request = require('request'); //Read the API Key ... } function getSyn(word, callback) { var options = { uri : ' http://words.exampleapi.com/api/2/' + config.apiKey + '/' + blah blah + '/json ', method : 'GET' }; var res = ''; request(options, function (error, response, body) { if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) { res = body; } else { res = 'Not Found'; } callback(res); }); } getSyn("motivation", function(resp){ var parsed = JSON.parse(resp); console.log(parsed.noun.syn[0]); console.log(parsed); });