https.request Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
I'm trying to make a http call in my node server(URL I'm trying is the skackexchange public url), below is the code
httpsServer.js
var https = require('https');
function httpsRequest() {
var options = {
hostname: 'api.stackexchange.com',
path: '/2.2/answers',
method: 'GET'
};
var req = https.request(options, (res) => {
res.on('data', function (data) {
console.dir(data);
});
req.end();
});
req.on('error', function (e) {
console.error(e);
});
}
httpsRequest();
And and i did node httpsServer in my console
But I am getting the below error.
Error:
{ Error: connect ECONNREFUSED xxx.xxx.xxx.xx:443
at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1050:11)
at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1073:20)
at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1093:14)
code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
syscall: 'connect',
address: 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xx',
port: 443 }
NOTE: I'm behind a proxy server.
What am i doing wrong? If its because I'm behind proxy is there a way to make it work?
You have req.end() in wrong place. You need to end your request before you can get response from server.
var https = require('https');
function httpsRequest() {
var options = {
hostname : 'api.stackexchange.com',
path : '/2.2/answers',
method : 'GET'
};
var req = https.request(options, (res) => {
res.on('data', function (data) {
console.dir(data);
});
});
req.on('error', function (e) {
console.error(e);
});
req.end(); // correct place
}
httpsRequest();