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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Getting the Response Body

Eliot Ostling
Eliot Ostling
9,599 Points
Posted by Eliot Ostling
Eliot Ostling
9,599 Points

Haven't added dataChunk to responseBody

var http = require("http"); var request = http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){ var responseBody = ""; <------

response.on("data", function(dataChunk) {
    body += chunk;
});

response.on("", function(dataChunk){
    console.log(responseBody);
});

});

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

However if I add dataChunk to var responseBody it gives me the same error. These errors are throwing me through a loop!

app.js 
var http = require("http");
var request = http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){
    var responseBody = "";

    response.on("data", function(dataChunk) {
        body += chunk;
    });

    response.on("", function(dataChunk){
        console.log(responseBody);
    });

});

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

3 Answers

Eliot Ostling
Eliot Ostling
9,599 Points
Eliot Ostling
Eliot Ostling
9,599 Points

Thank you, but after I modified it to https, the error it gives me, it tells me to put it back to http.

Eliot Ostling
Eliot Ostling
9,599 Points
Eliot Ostling
Eliot Ostling
9,599 Points

I literally answered my own question. Thank you good sir for your help!

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

Try using the HTTPS protocol instead:

var https = require("https");

var request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){
    var responseBody = "";

    response.on("data", function(dataChunk) {
        responseBody += dataChunk;
    });

    response.on("end", function(){
        console.log(responseBody);
    });

});

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