Nodejs Https get Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND

Question

I'm trying to get a filtered record from loopback, but I don't understand why nodejs gives error on fallowing commands:

const https = require('https');
    var uid = '02644da038b37d7ba70b7ee1a92ba1d9';
        var URL = 'https://mobileapp.mydomain.com/api/uuids?filter[where][uuid]='+uid;
https.get(URL, (res) => {
  console.log('statusCode:', res.statusCode);
  console.log('headers:', res.headers);    
  res.on('data', (d) => {
    process.stdout.write(d);
  });

}).on('error', (e) => {
  console.error('ERROR:',e);
});

the error on output:

ERROR: { Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND mobileapp.mydomain.com mobileapp.mydomain.com:443
    at errnoException (dns.js:28:10)
    at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:79:26)
  code: 'ENOTFOUND',
  errno: 'ENOTFOUND',
  syscall: 'getaddrinfo',
  hostname: 'mobileapp.mydomain.com',
  host: 'mobileapp.mydomain.com',
  port: 443 }

Solution 1

Obviously the domain you used is not valid.

Solution 2

probably it's because of SSL authentication in loopback, can you please try this npm package

Solution 3

URL shouldn't contain https:// modify url
from var URL = 'https://mobileapp.mydomain.com/api/uuids?filter[where][uuid]='+uid;
to var URL = 'mobileapp.mydomain.com/api/uuids?filter[where][uuid]='+uid;

I had this issue and this resolved it.

Comments

[robertklep]

It can't resolve the hostname mobileapp.mydomain.com into an IP-address.

[RSA]

I don t know why but nslookup resolve subdomain and shows static ipaddres

[robertklep]

Are you using some sort of antivirus or firewalling software that may block DNS lookups from Node?

[RSA]

No there is no any antivirus or firewall it is win 2008 based VPS.

[RSA]

when I put URL https://mobileapp.mydomain.com/api/uuids?filter[where][uuid]‌​=02644da038b37d7ba70‌​b7ee1a92ba1d9 the result is a json.

[A-yon Lee]

Have a look at you hosts file, I think you're mis-pointing mobileapp.mydomain.com to a specific IP address, which can not be recognized on the internet.

[RSA]

Can I use request method?

[A-yon Lee]

I tried to ping mobileapp.mydomain.com, it cannot be recognized, see if your shell output something contains [127.0.0.1]?

[RSA]

I have static IP address of my domain and subdomain. I was using node 6.3.1 and upgrade to 8.5.0 and now looks ok.