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JavaScript

Posted by Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points

404 error with https.get call to treehouse api

I have been trying to connect to the Treehouse API for Andrew's node,js basics course. Whenver I try to connect it doesn't allow me and says 404.

I have changed the request to https instead of http.

Here is my code:

var https = require("https");

var username = "ethanmoffat6";


function printMessage(username, badgeCount, totalPoints) {
  var message = username + " has " + badgeCount + " total badge(s) and " + totalPoints + " JavaScript points!";
  console.log(message);
}
try {
    var request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json", function(response) {
    console.error(response.statusCode);
    request.on("data", function(chunk){
      console.log("BODY: " + chunk);  
    });
  });
} 
catch(e) {
  console.log('Catched error: ' + e.message);
}

Let me know any issues please :)

Also, I used try and catch instead of request.on shown in the video.

Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points

I have updated my code 

//Problem: we need a simple way to look at a user's badge count and javascript points 
//Solution: Use Node.js to connect to Treehouse's API to get profile information to print out

var https = require("https");
var username = "ethanmoffat6";

function printMessage(username, badgeCount, points) {
    var message = username + " has " + badgeCount + " total badge(s) and " + points + " points in JavaScript";
    console.log(message);
}

//Connect to the API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/username.json)
var request = https.get("https://www.teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json", function(response){
    var body = "";
    //Read the Data
    response.on('data', function (chunk){
        body += chunk;
    });
    response.on('end', function(){
        console.log(body);
        console.log(typeof body);
    });
  //Parse the data 
  //Print the data
  });

request.on("error", function(error){
    console.error(error.message);
});

1 Answer

Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points
Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points

Issue has so far been resolved. Changed back to request.on and did https://www.domain.com/username.json/ for the request.