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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Handling Errors in Node Handling Errors in Node

Johannes Scribante
Johannes Scribante
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Posted by Johannes Scribante
Johannes Scribante
19,175 Points

Code challenge error is not helping me to find my error

Code Challenge: Create a variable request that stores the result of the get method. Error message: Bummer! You didn't declare the var, const or let variable.

I have tried many variations, but I get the same error and cannot figure out why I get this error. As the piece of code I write is: let request = ""; or respone.on('data', data => { let request = data.toString(); }); and some other variations in between.

Am I understanding the code challenge incorrectly? or is there something wrong with my code?

app.js 
const https = require("https");

https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", response => {
  console.log(response.statusCode);
  let request = response.result;
});

2 Answers

Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Hi Johannes! The challenge wants you to assign the whole get request to the variable request (like below). I think it's a case of it being simpler than you or I might expect :)

const https = require("https");

const request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", response => {
  console.log(response.statusCode);
});

Hope that helps! :)

Johannes Scribante
Johannes Scribante
19,175 Points
Johannes Scribante
Johannes Scribante
19,175 Points

Thanks Alexandra, your answer worked 100s! sometimes you just overthink these challenges!