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Aaron Hill
9,732 PointsHttps Protocol error when following along
In the node.js course i'm on the step where we require http, this is my code:
var http = require("http"); var username = "aaronhill3";
function printMessage(username, badgecount, points) { var message = username + " has " + badgecount + " total badge(s) and " + points + " points " ; console.log(message); }
//Connect to API Url var request = http.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json", function(response){ console.dir(response); //Read the data from the response //parse data //print the data out
});
When I run the code I get a protocol error:
http.js:1845
throw new Error('Protocol:' + options.protocol + ' not supported.');
^
Error: Protocol:https: not supported.
at Object.exports.request (http.js:1845:11)
at Object.exports.get (http.js:1852:21)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/treehouse/workspace/app.js:13:20)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
at node.js:929:3
I triple checked my code and I still have no idea why this is happening, any help would be greatly appreciated.
1 Answer

Hugo Paz
15,620 PointsHi Aaron,
It might be that you are using different protocols. You are requiring http but the request url is https.
Try replacing this - var http = require("http");
with this - var https = require("https");
remember to change the name in your code as well.
Aaron Hill
9,732 PointsAaron Hill
9,732 PointsHi Hugo!
That totally worked! Thanks man! I should have realized, it seems so obvious now.