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

Posted by David Aguirre
David Aguirre
8,170 Points

FunctionData

Does the function needs to be called data?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

I believe you're referring to the callback function passed to "response.on". That is an anonymous function (it has no name), but it takes a parameter named "data" in the video. The parameter name is not important other than it is considered a "best practice" to give parameters names that reflect their purpose. But it would function the same if you changed the parameter name to "bob" or "fish" or any other valid identifier name.

Hubert Odias
Hubert Odias
1,898 Points
Hubert Odias
Hubert Odias
1,898 Points

Ah so it can be named whatever it wants to be?