Question

While trying to execute server.js program I am getting the following error:

var app = express();
Type error: object is not a function 
   at object.<anonymous>

even tried re installing and changing the version of express to

npm install
npm uninstall express
npm install express@2.5.9

but it resulted in new error

fqdn = ~req.url.indexof(' ://')

I use windows and i am working on node.js version 0.8.4.

Answer 1

If you’re using Express < 3.0, the return value of require('express'); is not a function; you’ll need to create a server the old way.

Express 2.x

var express = require('express');
var server = express.createServer();

Express 3.x

var http = require('http');
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var server = http.createServer(app);