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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Getting the Response Body

I've followed this video line for line and, if run in the workspace, it returns a statusCode of 301 and stops.

I've followed this video line for line and, if run in the workspace, it returns a statusCode of 301 and stops. I've tried turning it into a real file and running it as well and I get a 301 code again. You simply cannot make the workspace do this.

2 Answers

The video is outdated. The site now uses https. Replace all instances of "http" with "https" in your code and you should get the desired result.

Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell
1,207 Points

Rafid is correct. Here is the updated code.

var https = require("https");
var username = "chalkers";

function printMessage(username, badgeCount, points) {
  var message = username + " has " + badgeCount + " total badge(s) " + points + " points in JavaScript";
  console.log(message);
}



//Connect to the API URL
var request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json", function(response) {
  console.log(response.statusCode);

  //Read the Data
  var body = "";

  response.setEncoding('utf8');

  response.on('data', (chunk) => {
    body += chunk;
  });

  response.on('end', function() {
    console.log(body);
  });

  //Parse the Data
  //Print the Data
});

request.on("error", function(error){
  console.error(error.message);
});
Matt Whittle
Matt Whittle
8,847 Points

I don't believe ES6 works in this workspace yet.