nodejs httprequest with data - getting error getaddrinfo ENOENT

Question

Update - Answered by self

I see one has to make sure that the DNS is resolved properly from the machine, check out the node documentation to make sure that domain

Answer 1

I hit this again today for a silly mistake. This was because port number was put as part of the hostname.

// wrong. gets error getaddrinfo ENOENT
var options = {
  hostName: 'localhost:1337',
  ....
}

// correct
var options = {
    hostname: 'localhost',
    port: 1337,
};