TypeError: the request path contains unescaped characters, how can I fix this

Question

/*Making http request to the api (Git hub) create request parse responce wrap in a function */ var https = require("https"); var username = 'lynndor'; //CREATING AN OBJECT var options = { host: 'api.github.com', path: ' /users/'+ username +'/repos', method: 'GET' }; var request = https.request(options, function(responce){ var body = '' responce.on("data", function(chunk){ body += chunk.toString('utf8') }); responce.on("end", function(){ console.log("Body", body); }); }); request.end(); 

I'm trying to create a request to git hub api, the goal is to get a list repository for the user you specify, but I keep getting the above error, please help

Answer 1

Your path variable contains a space

path: ' /users/'+ username +'/repos',

Instead, he should be

path: '/users/'+ username +'/repos',

Answer 2

for another situation it may be useful

JavaScript function encodeURI ()

 var uri = "my test.asp?name=ståle&car=saab"; var res = encodeURI(uri); 

Answer 3

Use encodeURIComponent() to encode URI

and decodeURIComponent() for decoding URIs

This is because there are reserved characters in your URI. You will need to encode the URI using the built-in JavaScript encoding encodeURIComponent()

 var options = { host: 'api.github.com', path: encodeURIComponent('/users/'+ username +'/repos'), method: 'GET' }; 

to decode decoded component decodeURIComponent(url) you can use decodeURIComponent(url)