Why is it not possible to get GET request data in request, an empty variable in the console?

Question

Node.js

const request = require('request');

var cards;

request({
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://reqres.in/api/users'    
   }, function (error, response, body) {
   if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
    cards = body;
   }
 })

console.log(cards);

Answer 1

const request = require('request');

var cards;

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On the topic, this is an asynchronous operation, you have the value displayed before its execution, even if it takes very little time, display it after (by pressing a button or in the callback'e of the request function)