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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Building a Command Line Application Getting the Response Body

Posted by Fabian Pijpers
Fabian Pijpers
Courses Plus Student 41,372 Points

What is the right way?

How do you get the right responce?

app.js 
const https = require("https");
const request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", response => {
    let responseBody = "";

    response.on("data", dataChunk => {

    });

    response.on("", () => {
        console.log(responseBody);
    });

});

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

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The challenge is asking you to "... modify the data callback to concatenate the stream of data to the responseBody." So that means you would add code to the blank line provided after "response.on("data", dataChunk => {", which is the body of the "data callback".

And you can concatenate the "dataChunk" to the existing "responseBody" with the "+=" operator.

I'll bet you can get it now, but write again if you still have trouble.

Fabian Pijpers
PLUS
Fabian Pijpers
Courses Plus Student 41,372 Points
Fabian Pijpers
Fabian Pijpers
Courses Plus Student 41,372 Points

I have already solved the challenge but thums up to you anyway