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

Nadine Schermerhorn
Nadine Schermerhorn
2,324 Points
Posted by Nadine Schermerhorn
Nadine Schermerhorn
2,324 Points

I'm trying to store in the var "request" the result of this get request. I'm getting errors.

With this code, I'm getting errors stating that I'm not declaring the var request" correctly. Is it looking for something specific that has to do with Node?

app.js 
var http = require("http");
var request = "";

http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){
  request = console.log(response.statusCode);
  return request;
});

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

:point_right: It's simple variable assignment (nothing specific to node).

The challenge wants you to assign your variable with the result passed back from the get request:

var request = http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){
  console.log(response.statusCode);
});

Essentially, you just add "var request = " to what was already there.