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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Making a GET Request with http

Ali Raza
Ali Raza
13,633 Points

[Resolved]: Syntax Error despite using HTTPs

I am using require('https') yet I am still getting a syntax error: Unexpected Token which I am unable to debug. Can anyone please help? much thanks

//Problem: We need a simple way to look at a user's badge count and js points
//Solution: Use Node.js to connect to treehouse's API to get the profile information to print out
var https = require("https");
//var username = "aliraza";

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

// Connect to the API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/aliraza.json)
var request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/aliraza.json",function(response){
  console.dir(response);
  // read the data
  // parse the data
  // Print the data
})

Getting this error

/home/treehouse/workspace/app.js:9
}]
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ]
at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:76:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:542:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:509:3

Ali Raza
Ali Raza
13,633 Points

It was "]" type mistake at the end of the printMessage function causing a syntax error.