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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Organizing Your Code with require

Code not working

profile.js

var http = require('http');
// Print out message
function printMessage(username, badgeCount, points){
    var message = username + ' has ' + badgeCount + ' total badge(s) and ' + points + ' points in Javascript';
    console.log(message);
}
// Print out error messages

function printError(error){
    console.error(error.message);
}

function getProfile(username){
    var request = http.get('http://teamtreehouse.com/'+username+'.json', function(response){
        var body = "";
        response.on('data', function(chunk){
            body += chunk;
        });
        response.on('end', function(chunk){
            if (response.statusCode === 200){
                try{
                    // Parse data
                    var profile = JSON.parse(body);
                    // Print the data
                    printMessage(profile.name, profile.badges.length, profile.points.JavaScript);
                }
                catch(error){
                    // Parse error
                    printError(error.message);
                }
            }else{
                var error = {message : 'There was a problem getting info for ' + username + '(' 
                + http.STATUS_CODES[response.statusCode] + ').'};
                printError(error);
            }

        });
    });

    // Connection Error
    request.on('error', printError);
}

module.exports.get = getProfile;

app.js

var profile = require("./profile.js");
profile.getProfile('konstantinminevich');

ERROR: Undefined is not a function - pointing to profile.getProfile(..);

1 Answer

Nevermind, I realized that I am exporting 'get', but calling 'getProfile' in app.js. Now it's working.