Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

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

michael7williams
michael7williams
9,638 Points
Posted by michael7williams
michael7williams
9,638 Points

Node won't run app.js

File is saved - here is the code. The console freezes after I execute 'node app.js' in the console.

//Problem: We need a simple way to look at a user's badge count and javascript points.
//Solution: Use Node.js to connect to treehouse's API to get profile information to print out.

var http = require("http"), user = 'michael7williams';

function printMessage(username, badgeCount, points){
  var message = username + ' has ' + badgeCount + ' total badges and ' + points + ' points in JavaScript.';
  console.log(message);
}

//Connect to the API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/username.json)
var request = http.get('http://teamtreehouse.com/' + user + '.json', function(response) {
  console.dir(response);
  //Read the data
  //Parse the data
  //Print the data
});
Jesse Zelaya
Jesse Zelaya
13,599 Points
Jesse Zelaya
Jesse Zelaya
13,599 Points

I think there might be an issue with Treehouse's console. I have the same problem when I try to run my javascript file in it.

michael7williams
michael7williams
9,638 Points
michael7williams
michael7williams
9,638 Points

Agreed - after a few minutes I received a time-out error. Bummer.

George Akinian
George Akinian
17,615 Points

I am having same issue connecting to the api with workspace. If i visit api url it shows profile information. It seams like it maybe an internal issue with workspace since I am able to connect to google api with the app no problem. I wrote them a letter two days ago and have not heard from them. After while I get a time out with the following: node app.js Server running at http:/// events.js:85 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event ^ Error: connect ETIMEDOUT at exports._errnoException (util.js:746:11) at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1010:19)

what's the deal ?

michael7williams
michael7williams
9,638 Points
michael7williams
michael7williams
9,638 Points

Yes, it seems to be an internal Work-space issue when communicating with the Treehouse API. Hopefully this gets patched soon. While I love the site, we don't pay a subscription to not be able to use it's resources, let alone communicate with the site's own API. Maybe an internal loop is the issue..

1 Answer

Nathan Williams
seal-mask
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 Points
Nathan Williams
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 Points

Hey folks, this is related to some work I did last week to get the workspaces platform upgraded; it looks like some firewall rules didn't get ported to permit workspaces to talk to our external network;

I'm working on fixing it, should hopefully have some news later today.

Thanks for bringing this up!

Nathan Williams
seal-mask
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 Points
Nathan Williams
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 Points

No problem, thanks again for raising this up, and sorry for the hassle. And please, don't hesitate to reach out to us if you ever run into trouble!