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JavaScript Node.js Basics Handling Errors in Node Handle Status Code Errors

Spencer Renfro
PLUS
Spencer Renfro
Courses Plus Student 11,133 Points

not getting the right http status code to display

My code runs fine but I have an issue for the display of my status code. It is showing found when I input an invalid user, but showing the correct error message.

const https = require('https');
const http = require('http');

// Print the data
function printMessage(username, badgeCount, points, totalPoints) {
    const message = `${username} has ${badgeCount} total badge(s) and ${points} points in JavaScript, and ${totalPoints} total points`;
    console.log(message);
}

function printError(error) {
    console.error(error.message);
}

function getProfile(username) {
    // connect to the API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/profiles/csalgado.json)

    try{
    const request = https.get(
        `https://teamtreehouse.com/profiles/${username}.json`,
        (response) => {
            if(response.statusCode === 200){
            let body = "";
            console.log(`statusCode : ( ${response.statusCode} )`); 

             // Read the data
            response.on("data", (data) => {

                // console.dir(data); 
                //------- this shows buffers

                body += data.toString();
            });

            response.on("end", () => {     

 // Parse the data

                try {
                let profile = JSON.parse(body);

                printMessage(username, 
                    profile.badges.length, 
                    profile.points.JavaScript, 
                    profile.points.total
                );
            }
                catch (error) {
                    printError(error); 
                }
            });
        }
            else {
                const message = `There was an error getting the profile for ${username} (${http.STATUS_CODES[response.statusCode]})`;
                const statusCodeError = new Error(message);
                printError(statusCodeError);
            }
        }
    );
    request.on('error', (error) => printError(error));
    } catch(error) {
        printError(error);
    }
}


const users = process.argv.slice(2);
users.forEach(getProfile);

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

The Treehouse server doesn't send a 400 error code when a profile isn't found. Instead, it sends a 302 ("found", but with redirect) with a location update that would divert a browser to the home page.