How to get error status code of http get NodeJS

Question

 How to get the error status codes when using Node.JS http.get or http.request.

My code:

var deferred = $q.defer();
var req = https.get(options, function(response) {
  var str = '';
  response.on('data', function(chunk) {
    str += chunk;
  });
  response.on('end', function() {
    console.log("[evfService] Got user info: " + str);
    deferred.resolve(str);
  });
});

req.on('error', function(e) {
  deferred.reject(e);
});

In that "req.on" bit, what I want is the http status code (i.e. 401, 403, etc.).  I got error object that does not give me the code or any reference to the response object.

I have tried intercepting in the function(response) callback, but when there is a 404, it never gets called.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

An error code 400 response is not considered an error by node.js.

Try response.statusCode in this:

request.on('response', function (response) {}); 

Hope this help!!

Thank You!!