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JavaScript

Posted by Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
778 Points

Error in node-basics http request - Moved Permanently

I was working through the node.js basics tutorial and had the app working fine. I tried to fire it up today, and keep getting 301 error on the http request.

I console logged the username(s) and url, and they seem to look perfectly fine, so I'm a little stumped. I noticed that when I put the url into my browser, it redirected to https. I tihnk that may be the cause, but I'm not 100% sure. Has anyone else experienced this error? Thanks !

Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
778 Points

Code below:

/* app.js */
var profile = require("./profile");
var users = process.argv.slice(2);
users.forEach(profile.get);


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

function get(username) {
    //Connect ot the API URL
    var url = "http://teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json";
    console.log("url:", url);
    console.log("username:", username);
    var request = http.get(url, function (response) {
        var body = ""; //adding to this object
        response.on('data', function (chunk) {
            body += chunk; //concatenates
        });
        response.on('end', function () {
            if(response.statusCode === 200) {
                try {
                    //Parse the data
                    var profile = JSON.parse(body);
                    //Print the data
                    printMessage(username, profile.badges.length, profile.points.JavaScript)
                } catch(error) {
                    //Parse the error
                    printError(error);
                }
            } else {
                //Status Code Error
                printError({message: "There was an error getting a profile for " + username + ". (" + http.STATUS_CODES[response.statusCode] + ")"});
            }
        });
    });
    //Connection errorr
    request.on("error", printError);
}

module.exports.get = get;

And then i run something like node app.js chalkers and get There was an error getting a profile for chalkers. (Moved Permanently)

2 Answers

akak
akak
29,446 Points

Hi Patrick!

Treehouse now use https everywhere. You need to change the require to https and change the address to https.

/*profile.js*/
var http = require("https");  //here 

var url = "https://teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json"; // and here

This should be probably added to teacher's notes in the course if it isn't yet :)

Cheers!

leonardo castillo
leonardo castillo
13,570 Points

Thanks, i was also going through the same problem as well.

roses
roses
5,585 Points

Should the variable in the line of code in the above answer be "https" and not "http"? As in:

var https = require("https");

Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
778 Points
Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
778 Points

Thanks ! Had initially tried https in the url and got a kickback. Didn't realize there was a require for https, but now i do ! Thanks again!