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Matt Ehlinger
4,916 PointsUser route not serving?
I can't seem to get the user route to populate the page with information when I run the server. When I run 'localhost:3000' I get the desired response. However, when I add a username afterwards (i.e. 'localhost3000/chalkers') the session eventually times out.
I don't understand what it is I'm missing. Could it be that I need to change the url to when adding a username since I'm running everything locally rather than in workspaces? Or have I completely missed something in my code?
Thanks!
app.js:
var router = require('./router.js');
// Create the web server
const http = require('http');
const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
const port = 3000;
const server = http.createServer( (request, response) => {
router.home(request, response);
//router.user(request, response);
});
server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});
router.js:
var Profile = require("./profile.js");
// Handle the http route GET / and POST / i.e. Home
const homeRoute = (request, response) => {
// if url == '/' && GET
if(request.url === "/") {
// show search field
response.statusCode = 200;
response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
response.write('Header\n');
response.write('Search\n');
response.end('Footer\n');
}
// if url == '/' && POST
// redirect to /:username
}
// Handle the http route for GET /:username i.e. /veryspry
const userRoute = (request, response) => {
var username = request.url.replace('/', '');
if (username > 0) {
response.statusCode = 200;
response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
response.write('Header\n');
// get json from treehouse
var studentProfile = new Profile(username);
console.log(studentProfile);
// on the end
studentProfile.on("end", function(profileJSON) {
// show the profile
// Store the values that we need
var values = {
avatarURL: profileJSON.gravatar_url,
username: profileJSON.profile_name,
badges: profileJSON.badges.length,
javascriptPoints: profileJSON.points.JavaScript
}
// Simple response
response.write(values.username + 'has' + values.badges + '\n');
response.end('Footer\n');
});
// on error
studentProfile.on("error", function(error) {
// Show error
response.end('Footer\n');
});
// if url == '/.....'
}
}
module.exports.home = homeRoute;
module.exports.user = userRoute;
profile.js:
var EventEmitter = require("events").EventEmitter;
var https = require("https");
var http = require("http");
var util = require("util");
/**
* An EventEmitter to get a Treehouse students profile.
* @param username
* @constructor
*/
function Profile(username) {
EventEmitter.call(this);
profileEmitter = this;
//Connect to the API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/username.json)
var request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/" + username + ".json", function(response) {
var body = "";
if (response.statusCode !== 200) {
request.abort();
//Status Code Error
profileEmitter.emit("error", new Error("There was an error getting the profile for " + username + ". (" + http.STATUS_CODES[response.statusCode] + ")"));
}
//Read the data
response.on('data', function (chunk) {
body += chunk;
profileEmitter.emit("data", chunk);
});
response.on('end', function () {
if(response.statusCode === 200) {
try {
//Parse the data
var profile = JSON.parse(body);
profileEmitter.emit("end", profile);
} catch (error) {
profileEmitter.emit("error", error);
}
}
}).on("error", function(error){
profileEmitter.emit("error", error);
});
});
}
util.inherits( Profile, EventEmitter );
module.exports = Profile;
![Matt Ehlinger](https://uploads.teamtreehouse.com/production/profile-photos/6772362/micro_Bokrtov-0054.jpg)
Matt Ehlinger
4,916 PointsAhh, dumb mistake. Thanks, Joel! Code is updated.
Joel Bardsley
31,249 PointsJoel Bardsley
31,249 PointsIt looks like you've pasted app.js twice instead of showing us router.js. Could you edit your post to show router.js?