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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Building a Command Line Application Making a GET Request with https

Posted by Phillip Bailey
Phillip Bailey
1,822 Points

function call back, I have tried this many times and still can't get it.

Not sure what Im doing wrong. I tried to make a function so I can call it. Is that doing too much? Thanks.

app.js 
const https = require('https');
https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json");

function callBack(){
  console.log("hello call back");
}

https.get("http://teamtreehouse.com/chalkers.json", callBack();

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

You're getting close, but the instructions said to "pass in an anonymous function as a callback". An anonymous function would have no name and be defined right in the https.get call.

Also, the instructions say the function should take "the parameter of response.", but this function takes no parameters.

Finally, you should add the 2nd argument to the existing https.get call, you won't need to call it a second time.