Incorrect error message

The server operation has apparently changed since that course was created. Now, instead of returning a "not found" error, the server redirects you to your home page.

You may want to report this to Support, they can add something to the "Teacher's Notes" and it should get you a "special Exterminator badge".

Historical Note: The video uses "chalers123" but then some joker created an account with that name.

Thanks for the explanation Steven!

To remedy, I've added an extra check to the profiles.js. This checks if the Status Code is a redirect (302) and that the location of the redirect is https://teamtreehouse.com/home.

Probably not the most ideal or elegant of solutions but it seems to do the trick, and it got me looking more into status codes and all the different keys you can access from response.headers !

    // Connect to the API URL (https://teamtreehouse.com/profiles/username.json)
    var request = https.get("https://teamtreehouse.com/profiles/" + username + ".json", function(response) {
        var body = "";

    // Added this addition check:
        if (response.statusCode === 302 && response.headers.location === "https://teamtreehouse.com/home") {
            request.abort();
            profileEmitter.emit("error", new Error("There was an error getting the profile for " + username + ". (Not Found)"));
            return;
        } else 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] + ")"));
        }

I did notice that there was a chalkers123 account which was the error example Andrew gave in the videos! 😂