Node.js unhandled 'error' event

Question

I have written a simple code and save it in file try.js .

var http = require('http');
var makeRequest = function(message) {
  var options = {
    host: 'localhost', port: 8080, path: '/', method: 'POST'
  }
  var request = http.request(options, function(response){
    response.on('data', function(data){
      console.log(data);
    });
  });

  request.write(message);
  request.end();
}
makeRequest("Here's looking at you, kid.");

When I run it through terminal it give an error

throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event,
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
at errnoException (net.js:884:11)
at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:875:19)error' event

Solution 1

For me, the problem was another instance was running. Search for other node instance running and kill it. It should resume properly after.

Solution 2

This is happening because nothing is listening on localhost:8080. Here are the examples how to handle request errors How to catch http client request exceptions in node.js

Solution 3

Another server is running on same port 8080, so you need to kill and start your instance.

find running instance

$ netstat -nlp | grep 8080

(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
 will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp6       0      0 :::8881                 :::*                    LISTEN      28207/node    

kill existing server instance using pid

$ kill -9 28207

start instance

$ node server.js