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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js Handling Routes in Node.js Populating User Information

Christopher Parke
Christopher Parke
21,978 Points

error.message is printing "undefined" instead of an error message.

Chalkers is getting a nice error message, but mine just says undefined. Not sure why.

var Profile = require("./profile.js");

//2. Handle HTTP route GET / and POST / i.e. Home function home(request, response) { //if url == "/" && GET if (request.url === "/") { //show search response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); response.write("Header\n"); response.write("Search\n"); response.end("Footer\n"); }

}

//if url == "/" && POST //redirect to /:username

//3. Handle HTTP route Get /:username i.e. /chalkers function user(request, response) { //if url == "/..." var username = request.url.replace("/", ""); if (username.length > 0) {

response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
response.write("Header\n");

//get json from Treehouse
var studentProfile = new Profile(username);

//on "end"
studentProfile.on("end", function(profileJSON) {
  //show profile

  //Store the values which we need
  var values = {
    avaterUrl: profileJSON.gravatar_url,
    username: profileJSON.profile_name,
    badges: profileJSON.badges.length,
    javascriptPoints: profileJSON.points.JavaScript
  }

  //Simple response
  response.write(values.username + " has " + values.badges + " badges\n");
  response.end("Footer\n");

});

  //on error
studentProfile.on("error", function(error){
   //show error
  response.write(error.mmessage + "\n");
  response.end("Footer\n");

});

} }

module.exports.home = home; module.exports.user = user;

1 Answer

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

You wrote

error.mmessage

Try:

error.message