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

Posted by Gregory Griffin
Gregory Griffin
1,238 Points

This is correct why isn't it passing:

var http = require("http");

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

var request = http;

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

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

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

var request = http;

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

2 Answers

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Your request variable just stores the result of require("http"), not the result of the get() call.

var request = http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", function(response){
  console.log(response.statusCode);
});
Gregory Griffin
Gregory Griffin
1,238 Points
Gregory Griffin
Gregory Griffin
1,238 Points

Geoff - I hadn't caught that I didn't declare a var to store the http.get return.

Thanks for noticing the mistake - the devil is in the details...

Cheers!