Getting connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80 when attempting HTTP request

Question

I am attempting to make a http request to news.google.com using the native node.js http module. I am getting the connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80 error when I tried the following

var http = require('http');  var payload = JSON.stringify({     name: 'John Smith',     email: '[email protected]',     resume: 'https://drive.google.com/open?id=asgsaegsehsehseh' });  var options = {     hostname: 'https://news.google.com',     path: '/',     method: 'GET' };  var httpRequest = http.request(options, function(request, response) {     console.log('STATUS', response.statusCode);     response.setEncoding('utf8');      response.on('data', function(chunk) {         console.log('BODY:', chunk);     });      response.on('end', function() {         console.log('No more data in response');     }); });  httpRequest.on('error', function(e) {     console.log('Error with the request:', e.message); });  httpRequest.write(payload); httpRequest.end(); 

Why am I getting this error?

I tried using the request npm module. And it worked!

Answer 1

In my case, issue was actually default behaviour of HTTP client that I was using, axios.

By default, axios redirects us to 127.0.0.1:80 if it doesn't find requested URL or http method(GET/POST/PUT). So better check your URL if are also using axios.

Answer 2

My problem was while using supertest and jest. My mistake was not putting "/" as a prefix to some url. So, double check if the url for the request you are making is proper.