nodejs - first argument must be a string or Buffer - when using response.write with http.request

Question

I\'m simply trying to create a node server that outputs the HTTP status of a given URL.

When I try to flush the response with res.write, I get the error: throw new T

Answer 1

if u want to write a JSON object to the response then change the header content type to application/json

response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "application/json"});
var d = new Date(parseURL.query.iso);
var postData = {
    "hour" : d.getHours(),
    "minute" : d.getMinutes(),
    "second" : d.getSeconds()
}
response.write(postData)
response.end();

Answer 2

Request takes a callback method, its async! So I am assuming, by the time the callback is executed the res.end() might get called. Try closing the request within the callback.