Protractor not wait for https.request callback - protractor

Question

I hit a Protractor issue, if I run this within "ts-node demo.js" it works well and can output the response code and response body.
But if I run this in Protractor it block, then can't get the expected output response code and body, seems like Protractor won't wait for the callback.
In this situation, how can I output the response code and boday?
it(Check manifests V2 api, async() => {
const https = require('https')
const options = {
hostname: 'demo-quayecosystem-quay-quay.com',
port: 443,
path: '/v2/quay/multiarchdemo/manifests/latest',
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'Accept': 'application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json'
}
}
https.request(options, res => {
browser.getTitle().then(()=>{
console.log("starting.........");
console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`)
res.on('data', d => {
process.stdout.write(d)
})
})
})
})

Answer 1

The function above is an async and when you make your function async, then you should use the await keyword in front of the https.request or return it like this.
return https.request...
And another thing that could lead to problems are...
https.request is making a direct HTTP request, without using a browser
broser.getTitle() is using the browser to interact with the web page.
Be aware - browser uses the browser, and http.request uses direct HTTP from node.js - these are two different things. And it will lead to unpredictable things to mix them. So consider if you want to "test as a user" and then use the browser, or if you want to do the fastest possible test and "test as a website or javascript" and use HTTP.request.
Try reading the async/await page on the Protractor website.
https://www.protractortest.org/#/async-await
If you are puzzled about async/await consider seeing the video from Fun Fun Function on promises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=568g8hxJJp4&t=251s.