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Nalini Ravikumar
1,991 PointsIssue with node js code
var username = "chaklers123"; var http = require("http");
function printMessage(username, badgecount, points)
{
var message = username+" has the badge count" + badgecount + " total points" + points ;
console.log(message);
}
var request = http.get("http://www.teamtreehouse.com/chalkers123.json", function(response){
var body = '';
response.on('data', function(chunk) {
body +=chunk;
});
response.on('end', function(){
if (response.statusCode == 200) {
var profile = JSON.parse(body);
printMessage(username, profile.badges.length, profile.points.Javascript);
} else
{
console.log(error.message);
}
}); });
getting the following error can someone help in resolving the issue.
ReferenceError: error is not defined
at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/treehouse/workspace/app.js:21:23)
at emitNone (events.js:91:20)
at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:185:7)
at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:974:12)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:74:11)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
var jsonString = 'This is not a JSON String';
var jsonObject = JSON.parse(jsonString);
1 Answer
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 PointsYou want to use a try catch block to catch the error when there is one. Without it, the error object is not defined. Try this
try {
// Your http request and corresponding functions
} catch (error) {
console.log(error.message);
}