Question

When using https.request with node.js v04.7, I get the following error:

Error: socket hang up
    at CleartextStream.<anonymous> (http.js:1272:45)
    at CleartextStream.emit (events.js:61:17)
    at Array.<anonymous> (tls.js:617:22)
    at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:126:26)

Simplified code that will generate the error:

var https = require('https')
  , fs    = require('fs')

var options = {
  host: 'localhost'
, port: 8000
, key: fs.readFileSync('../../test-key.pem')
, cert: fs.readFileSync('../../test-cert.pem')
}

// Set up server and start listening
https.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'})
  res.end('success')
}).listen(options.port, options.host)

// Wait a second to let the server start up
setTimeout(function() {
  var clientRequest = https.request(options, function(res) {
    res.on('data', function (chunk) {
      console.log('Called')
    })
  })

  clientRequest.write('')
  clientRequest.end()
}, 1000)

I get the error even with the server and client running on different node instances and have tested with port 8000, 3000, and 443 and with and without the SSL certificates. I do have libssl and libssl-dev on my Ubuntu machine.

Any ideas on what could be the cause?

Answer 1

In

https.createServer(function (req, res) {

you are missing options when you create the server, should be:

https.createServer(options, function (req, res) {

with your key and cert inside