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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Getting the Response Body

Samarth Shrivastav
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Samarth Shrivastav
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Posted by Samarth Shrivastav
Samarth Shrivastav
Courses Plus Student 3,285 Points

Body not showing up

Greetings! I have entered absolutely the same code as in the video, but I don't get the Body in the output. Just the "Hello World!" and statusCode is printed but not the Body at all. The console doesn't show any errors at all, and I've tried waiting but nothing shows up. https://w.trhou.se/ao3vy859bp Thank You! Regards, Samarth

3 Answers

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points
Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points

Hi Samarth,

This post will probably solve your issue. The short answer is that Treehouse switched to https (vs http) a couple of months ago, and you simply need to change your urls and require statement to reflect that.

Best, Cena

Jan Kuppens
Jan Kuppens
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Jan Kuppens
Jan Kuppens
4,154 Points

This has worked for me. Thanks. Change all http to https: var http > var https require ("http") > require ("https") http.get > https.get http://team... > https://team..

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points
Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points

Weird, it's working for me. Anyway, try this:

https://teamtreehouse.com/community/301-error-with-http-not-https
Samarth Shrivastav
Samarth Shrivastav
Courses Plus Student 3,285 Points
Samarth Shrivastav
Samarth Shrivastav
Courses Plus Student 3,285 Points

Greetings! Cena!

Whoops! Sorry, it started just as you posted the second answer. Works fine now. Thank You For Your Help! Wish You Greater And Greater Health!

Thank You! Regards, Samarth

Thomas Katalenas
Thomas Katalenas
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Thomas Katalenas
Thomas Katalenas
11,033 Points

I just did 

response.on('data', function(chunk) {
      console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);

heres the rest 

var http = require('https');

var request = http.get('https://teamtreehouse.com/robohat.json', function(response){
    console.log('status code:', response.statusCode);
    console.log('headers:', JSON.stringify(response.headers))
    response.setEncoding('utf8');
    response.on('data', function(chunk) {
      console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);
    });
});

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