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JavaScript

Sean Urgel
PLUS
Sean Urgel
Courses Plus Student 6,650 Points

Change this into a constructor function

In the Javascript course "https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-dynamic-site-with-nodejs" the app JS file they gave is kind of outdated, but it works sometimes.

The old code is a constructor function so it can be called and used as const studentData = new Profile(username);

The old code is unstable as of the moment - as sometimes the util library won't read all the time.

The new code is just a normal function and cannot call "new Profile(username)"; So for my future projects - and that the code won't get deprecated can someone help me turn the new code into a constructor function?

/************************************************* Old code which is a constructor function var EventEmitter = require("events").EventEmitter; var https = require("https"); var http = require("http"); var util = require("util");

/**

  • An EventEmitter to get a Treehouse students profile.
  • @param username
  • @constructor */ function Profile(username) {

    EventEmitter.call(this);

    profileEmitter = this;

    //Connect to the API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/username.json) var request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json", function(response) { var body = "";

    if (response.statusCode !== 200) {
        request.abort();
        //Status Code Error
        profileEmitter.emit("error", new Error("There was an error getting the profile for " + username + ". (" + http.STATUS_CODES[response.statusCode] + ")"));
    }
    
    //Read the data
    response.on('data', function (chunk) {
        body += chunk;
        profileEmitter.emit("data", chunk);
    });
    
    response.on('end', function () {
        if(response.statusCode === 200) {
            try {
                //Parse the data
                var profile = JSON.parse(body);
                profileEmitter.emit("end", profile);
            } catch (error) {
                profileEmitter.emit("error", error);
            }
        }
    }).on("error", function(error){
        profileEmitter.emit("error", error);
    });
    

    }); }

util.inherits( Profile, EventEmitter );

module.exports = Profile;

*****************************/ End of old code

/***************************** ES6 syntax - but not a constructor function //requre the https module const https = require('https');

//require http module const http = require('http');

const getProfile = (username, course) =>{ try{ // Connect to the teamtreehouse API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/seanurgel.json) const request = https.get(https://teamtreehouse.com/${username}.json, (response) => {

        if(response.statusCode === 200){
            let body = "";
            //Read the data
            response.on('data', (d) => {
                body += d.toString();
            });

            response.on('end', () => {
                try{
                //Parse the data
                const profile = JSON.parse(body);
                }catch(error){
                    console.error(`Newbies: User is not found`);
                    console.error(`Pros: ${error.message}`);
                }
            }); 

         }else{
            const message = `There was an error getting the profile ${username} (${http.STATUS_CODES[response.statusCode]})`;
            const statusCodeError = new Error(message);
            printError(statusCodeError);
         }


}).on('error', (error) => {
      console.error(`Problem: ${error.message}`);
      console.error(`URL link is incorrect / not found`);
});

}catch(error){
    printError(error);
    console.error('Lacking HTTPS');
}

}

module.exports.get = getProfile; *****************************/ end of new code