JS Scope issue

Steven, actually when I try to log like this, it is showing the array with all of its elements. I just want to access it outside of the callback.

var request = require('request');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');


var links=[];

var url="http://www.shirts4mike.com/shirts.php";
request(url,function(error,response,body){
  if (!error){
    var $ = cheerio.load(body);
    $('a','.products').each(function(){
      var link = ($(this).attr('href'));
            links.push("http://www.shirts4mike.com/" + link);
    });
console.log(links)
  }
});

Your links are global, and should be available outside the callback.

But you need to be careful about when the code outside the callback is being executed. You know the code in the callback only runs after the response to the request is received. But what are you planning to do outside the callback to be sure you're not trying to use links before the response comes in?

If you try to use the array too soon, it will always be empty. This is the case when your first code example logs links immediately after making the request. But in your second example, the log is part of the callback.

Steven,

Now I understand that because the links array is global, and because it is logged first to the terminal before the callback, I get an empty array. But I still dont know how to access it outside of the callback with its newly added items inside. Should log it after 2 seconds?