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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Building a Command Line Application Making a GET Request with https

M. Brown
M. Brown
29,923 Points
Posted by M. Brown
M. Brown
29,923 Points

Not getting this.

Just look at the second part of the code posted starting on line 7.

app.js 
var https = require("https");

https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json");

var http = require('http');

http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){
});

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

There is an error in the instructions for the task.

Even though they reference http.get() in the third task they are actually talking about the https.get() call from the previous two tasks.

So you don't have to import http.get() or call it. You just need to modify the https.get() call from the previous task like this:

var https = require("https");

https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){
});

This challenge used to use the http.get() method in the past before Treehouse switched to https. So it's likely an instance of them forgetting to update the instructions for that specific part of the challenge.