Unable to send data in response to the view in nodejs - json

Question

I am trying to create a simple web application which fires a http.request call, get the data and display it over to the html(ejs here). I am able to fire the request, get the data, massage it etc.. but unable to pass it to the view. Sample code is as below:
var searchData = [];
router.post('/',requesthandler);
function requesthandler(req,res){
var options = {
host: url,
port: 9999,
path: qstring,
method: 'GET'
};
var reqget = http.request(options,responsehandler);
reqget.end();
console.log('Rendering now:............................ ');
res.render('result',{title: 'Results Returned',searchdata : searchData});
}
function responsehandler(ress) {
console.log('STATUS: ' + ress.statusCode);
ress.on('data', function (chunk) {
output += chunk;
console.log('BODY: ' );
});
/* reqget.write(output); */
ress.on('end',parseresponse);
}
function parseresponse(){
var data = JSON.parse(output);
console.log(data.responseHeader);
// populate searchData here from data object
searchData.push({//some data});
}
function errorhandler(e) {
console.error(e);
}
module.exports = router;
Problem is I a unable to pass the objeect searchData to the view via res.render();
'Rendering now: ...........' gets executed before execution starts in parseresponse() and so the page is displayed without the data which seems to be in conjuction with using callbacks, So how can I pass the data object to the view once the searchData is loaded in parseresponse().
PS: I am able to print all console statements

Answer 1

define res variable globally:
var res;
function requesthandler(req,resObj){
res = resObj;//set it to the resObj
}
wrap res.render inside a function like this:
function renderPage(){
res.render('result',{title: 'Results Returned',searchdata : searchData});
}
then in parseresponse function do this:
function parseresponse(){
var data = JSON.parse(output);
searchData.push({some data});
renderPage();
}
Hope this solves your problem.