TypeError: Request path contains unescaped characters, how can I fix this

Question

/*Making http request to the api (Git hub)
create request
parse responce
wrap in a function
*/
var https = require(\"https\");

var username = \'lynndor\';
//CREATIN         


        

Answer 1

Use encodeURIComponent() to encode uri

and decodeURIComponent() to decode uri

Its because there are reserved characters in your uri. You will need to encode uri using inbuilt javascript function encodeURIComponent()

var options = {
    host: 'api.github.com',
    path: encodeURIComponent('/users/'+ username +'/repos'),
    method: 'GET'
};

to decode encoded uri component you can use decodeURIComponent(url)