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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) The Request and Response Objects in Express Requests and the request object

josefina terrera
josefina terrera
16,506 Points
Posted by josefina terrera
josefina terrera
16,506 Points

I'm getting an error when I open port 5858

I'm getting this error when I open port 5858 on the node-inspector tab. I don't get the error until I try to open the link on my browser.

Node Inspector v0.12.8
Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080/?port=5858 to start debugging.
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-inspector/lib/InjectorClient.js:111
      cb(error, NM[0].ref);
                     ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'ref' of undefined
    at InjectorClient.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-inspector/lib/InjectorClient.js:111:22)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-inspector/lib/DebuggerClient.js:121:7
    at Object.value (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-inspector/lib/callback.js:23:20)
    at Debugger._processResponse (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-inspector/lib/debugger.js:95:21)
    at Protocol.execute (_debugger.js:121:14)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:176:18)
    at Socket.Readable.push (_strea

1 Answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi josefina terrera,

This issue is commonly being caused by NodeJS 6, downgrading to NodeJS 4/5 should fix the issue. Simply un-install Node and then re-install it.

https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Hope that helps.