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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js Handling Routes in Node.js User Route

Alex Franklin
Alex Franklin
12,403 Points
Posted by Alex Franklin
Alex Franklin
12,403 Points

ReferenceError: home is not defined

I am running everything locally through VSC and I am getting the following error when running $node getProfile.js:

ReferenceError: home is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\Users\Alex Franklin\devProjects\treehouseProfileProject\treehouseIndex\getProfile.js:79:23)

I have the function "home" defined in the router.js file along with the function "user". Everything has been working perfectly up until this.. Is it the file structure or something else - I have been stuck for a long time.

Please can someone help me understand what I'm missing here?!

here is my getProfile.js code:

var router = require("./router.js");
const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
const port = 3000;
var http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (request, response) {
  router.home(request, response);
  router.user(request, response);
  //response.end('This IS the REAL END.\n');
}).listen(port,hostname);
  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
//port 1337 is "leet" & IP 127.0.0.1 is local machine you're on

module.exports.home = home;
module.exports.user = user;

here is my router.js code:

    function home(request, response){
            if(request.url === "/"){
            response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
            response.write("Header\n");
            response.write("Empty Search Here\n");
            response.end('Footer\n');
            }
        };


            function user(request, response){
                //if url === "/..."
                var username = request.url.replace("/", "");
                if(username.length > 0){
                    response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
                    response.write("Header\n");
                    response.write(username + "\n");
                    response.end('Footer\n');
                }
            };

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

In the video these two lines:

module.exports.home = home;
module.exports.user = user;

are at the end of router.js not getProfile.js.

Alex Franklin
Alex Franklin
12,403 Points
Alex Franklin
Alex Franklin
12,403 Points

WOW. Yeah that was the problem for sure... (facepalm)