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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Making a GET Request with http

Chris Skinner
Chris Skinner
3,807 Points
Posted by Chris Skinner
Chris Skinner
3,807 Points

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED node.js https.get request to teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json

Hi,

I'm running the first part of this video (the simple https request (I have updated my code to use https instead of http).

var https = require('https');

https.get('https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json', function(response){
    console.dir(response);
});

When I try to console.dir the response I get the following error.

throw er; // Unhandles 'error' event
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED xxx.xx.xxx.xx:xxx

I'm sure this didn't happen the first time I ran through this course.(second time around now) I was using a mac the first time around by now on a PC, I don't see this making any difference though.

Not sure why this is happening..?!?

1 Answer

Chris Skinner
Chris Skinner
3,807 Points
Chris Skinner
Chris Skinner
3,807 Points

I was behind a proxy and I came up with the following solution which allows me to connect to HTTPS from behind a proxy using request

const https = require('https');
const request = require('request');

request({
    'url':'https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json',
    'proxy':'http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx'
    },
    function (error, response, body) {
        if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
            var data = body;
            console.log(data);
        }
    }
);

For reference for others, replace xx.xxx.xxx.xx with your proxy