Node.js Error: connect ECONNREFUSED when using http.request

node.js

Solution

You haven't provided a url in `http.request`.

Try `var req = http.request("someurlhere", function(res) {` ... etc.

Moreover, if you're using http.request like that, I can't quite see the purpose of the following block of code at all (maybe remnants from the rest of the completed script?)

http.get("http://api.hostip.info/get_json.php", function(res) {
    console.log("Received response: " + res.statusCode);
});

Problem

I am troubleshooting a Node.js script, and have stripped out almost all of the code and still am able to reproduce the following error: ``` { [Error: connect ECONNREFUSED] stack: 'Error: connect ECONNREFUSED at exports._errnoException (util.js:682:11) at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:947:19)', code: 'ECONNREFUSED', errno: 'ECONNREFUSED', syscall: 'connect' } ``` The entire script is: ``` var http = require('http'); http.get("http://api.hostip.info/get_json.php", function(res) { console.log("Received response: " + res.statusCode); }); var req = http.request(function(res) { console.log("Request began"); var output = ''; res.on('data', function (chunk) { output += chunk; }); res.on('end', function () { console.log('Request complete:'); console.log(output); }); }); req.on('error', function (err) { console.log(err); //console.log('error: ' + err.message); }); req.end(); console.log("Script complete"); ``` I'm confident this is a simple mistake somewhere in the code, but have been unable to identify the problem?

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