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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Building a Command Line Application Making a GET Request with https

Posted by Rostyk Lukavyi
Rostyk Lukavyi
12,975 Points

Hi,

I don't understand one piece of code

var http = require("http");

var request = http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){
  console.log(response.statusCode);  <---
});
Harold Stewart
Harold Stewart
9,322 Points

Hi Rostyk... What aspect do you not understand? The http.get function requests the JSON file in your URL. Your function is called as data gets passed back. The response.statusCode allows you to identify if the data was passed successfully, or if the URL is doesn't exist, etc.