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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Handling Errors in Node

Chris Reich
Chris Reich
15,163 Points

Having problems connecting to Treehouse. .

I am getting this error.

treehouse:~/workspace$ node app.js
/home/treehouse/workspace/app.js:9
var request = http.get("teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json"), function(re
^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token function
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:73:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:443:25)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:501:10)
at startup (node.js:129:16)
at node.js:814:3
treehouse:~/workspace

With this code.

function printMessage(username, badgeCount, points) { var message = username + ' has ' + badgeCount + ' badges and ' + points + ' points.'; console.log(message); }

var http = require("http"); var username = "Chris Reich";

var request = http.get("teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json"), function(response) { console.dir(response);

});

3 Answers

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

The teacher's notes under this previous video note a recent change in the Treehouse API:

Getting Error 301?

On October 20th 2015, we upgraded our website to only use HTTPS rather than just HTTP. This mean more security for anyone using our site. This does include some breaking changes to our code. But it's simple to fix. Replace any references to http to https. For example:

var https = require("https"); 

Modify any links from "http://teamtreehouse.com/" to "https://teamtreehouse.com/".

Your username also has a space in it.

isral duke
isral duke
7,315 Points

I figured something like this was happening. Earlier, before my Treehouse courses, i would have simple moved on. I still needed your help to fix it, but thanks for the learning and the help!