ECONNREFUSED error with node.js that does not occur in other clients

Question

I\'m making an http request with the node.js client, and I get an ECONNREFUSED error. When I make what appears to be the same request

Answer 1

I guess sometimes you just need to step away from the problem...

I found a solution, but it doesn't seem to answer the question, and I don't really like the it.

I changed the CherryPy server configuration to serve at 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost, and the node client started working.