Don't think this works anymore.

Try changing all http to https in your code. Also in variable request delete "username.json" after forward slash and add https://. The code should look like this:

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

function printMessage(username, badgeCount, points){ var message = username + " has " + badgeCount + " total badge(s) and " + points + " points in JavaScript."; console.log(message); } var request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json", function(response){ console.log(response.statusCode);
});

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

yes. It looks like this code does not work and it looks like there is a logical reason that is not accounted for in this course. It is because the string is trying to be parsed into an object (url.parse) and THAT is what is erroring and throwing a chain of events that hits before the https error handling is ran (and that part is a bit messed up here, as well. The url must have been changed to https since this was recorded.) Here looks to be an explanation as to why and a solution outside the scope of this course. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34933229/why-is-this-basic-node-js-error-handling-not-working.

It looks like this segment needs to be rerecorded or at least some teacher's notes talking about this. It is a problem, IMO.

```var http = require("http");

var username = "chalkers";

function printMessage(username, badgeCount, points) { var message = username + " has " + badgeCount + " total badges and " + points + " points in Javascript"; console.log(message); } //Connect to the API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/username.json) var request = http.get("teamtreehouse.com/username.json" + username + ".json", function(response) { console.log(response.statusCode);
//Read the data //Parse the data //Print the data

});

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

});```