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

Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points
Posted by Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points

Not sure how to declare the request variable correctly

The syntax for js I'm not sure as I've only been focused on iOS and now am wondering if this would be a significant obstacle - I'd have to learn Javascript or at least Java in order to have no trouble with these, correct? I'd still like to learn how to go through all the objectives in this code challenge however - I'm the persistent type haha. Thanks in advance!!

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

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

var request = http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response)

1 Answer

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

You're not very far off. It should look like this:

var http = require("http");

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

request.on('error', function(error){
  console.error(error.message);
});