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

Richard Nash
Richard Nash
24,862 Points
Posted by Richard Nash
Richard Nash
24,862 Points

What's I doing wrong here?

I do not understand the error message / clue at all :-(

app.js 
var http = require("http");
var userName = "Dick Nashly";

var request = http.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/" + userName + ".json", function(response) 
                       {
                         console.log(response.statusCode);
                         //Read Data
                         //Parse Data
                         //Print Data
                       }
);

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

2 Answers

Iain Diamond
Iain Diamond
29,379 Points
Iain Diamond
Iain Diamond
29,379 Points

Hi Dick,

You seem to have signed up with the name Richard Nash (that is, not Dick Nashly), so your username is going to be:

  var userName = "richardnash";

I successfully tested your code with this username.

Hope this helps, iain

Richard Nash
Richard Nash
24,862 Points
Richard Nash
Richard Nash
24,862 Points

lol, i missed the part where this actually had to access real user information!

k, thanks :-)

PS. This is what happens when you try to learn at 2am :-)

Thank you Iain Diamond.