Installing

To utilize unirest for node.js install the the npm module:

$ npm install unirest

After installing the npm package you can now start simplifying requests like so:

var unirest = require('unirest');

Creating Request

unirest.get("https://nutritionix-api.p.rapidapi.com/v1_1/search/cheddar%20cheese?fields=item_name%2Citem_id%2Cbrand_name%2Cnf_calories%2Cnf_total_fat")
.header("X-RapidAPI-Host", "nutritionix-api.p.rapidapi.com")
.header("X-RapidAPI-Key", "SIGN-UP-FOR-KEY")
.end(function (result) {
  console.log(result.status, result.headers, result.body);
});