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

Question

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?

Answer 1

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);
});