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

Posted by Bereket Ghebremedhin
Bereket Ghebremedhin
3,746 Points

The Node.js console is not responsive to anything that I input from the app.js file.

for example this is my code below and I should get an error in the Node.js console but I am not.

var request = http.get(teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json", function(response){ console.dir(response.statusCode); //Read the data //Parse the data //Print the data

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

});

I just get this in the Node.js console. 

at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)                                                    
at Module._compile (module.js:373:25)                                                        
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)                                          
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)                                                            
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)                                                  
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)                                                
at startup (node.js:139:18)                                                                  
at node.js:968:3

treehouse:~/workspace$

2 Answers

Marissa Richardson
Marissa Richardson
47,542 Points
Marissa Richardson
Marissa Richardson
47,542 Points

I see a missing opening double quote. From my notes the code looks like this:

//Connect...
var request = http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com" + username + ".json", function(response) { console.log(response.statusCode); });
request.on("error", function(error) { console.error(error.message); });
Marek Chwala
Marek Chwala
9,258 Points
Marek Chwala
Marek Chwala
9,258 Points

Most of the issue as mentioned by Marissa stems from you missing your opening double quote. missing this is making the code think that teamtreehouse.com is actually an object of unknown type. It is also making other parts of your code look like string that shouldn't be. From the look of your code just adding the double quote back to the start of your http.get() should fix your code and allow you to get an error.

Hope this helps. Good Luck in your studies.