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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Building a Command Line Application Parsing JSON

Posted by francisobrien
francisobrien
2,131 Points

Why does this return a syntax error at JSON.parse(body)?

const https = require('https');
const username = 'chalkers';

const request = https.get('https://teamtreehouse.com/${username}.json', (response) => { 

        let body = "";

        response.on('data', (dataChunk) => {
        body += dataChunk.toString();   
        });

        response.on('end', () => {
            const myDataObject = JSON.parse(body);
            console.dir(myDataObject);
        });
});

... I just don't see it :-/

Thanks in advance!

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there, francisobrien ! It looks like you're doing terrific thus far! There's a very minor issue which is causing the problem and it is in the URL you are accessing. It's the difference between a single quote and a backtick.

You wrote:

 https.get('https://teamtreehouse.com/${username}.json'

But the punctuation before the https and after the json shouldn't be a single quote ', it should be a backtick. Notice how they slant slightly:

 https.get(`https://teamtreehouse.com/${username}.json`

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

francisobrien
francisobrien
2,131 Points
francisobrien
francisobrien
2,131 Points

Got it! Eagle eyes! Thanks, Jennifer