truffle: Error while creating instance of the contract - no code at address 0x3800e97896c6fdb614b9d011c9344dea32e49047 - node.js

Question

I have deployed a simple 'HelloWorld' contract on the ethereum node using truffle. I am trying to access and call a function inside the contract with a node API.
Below is the code:
var Web3 = require('web3');
var express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
const artifact = require('./../ethereumapp/example/smartContract/build/contracts/HelloWorld.json')
const contract = require('truffle-contract');
const HelloWorldContract = contract(artifact);
var web3 = new Web3('http://localhost:8000');
HelloWorldContract.setProvider(web3.currentProvider);
var contractapp = HelloWorldContract.at('0x3800e97896c6fdb614b9d011c9344dea32e49047').catch((err)={
//Error gets thrown here
console.error("Error in creating instance of HelloWorld :"+err)}
);
app.get('/', (req, res)=>{
res.send("Hey! The app is up and running");
});
app.get('/getMessage',(req,res)=>{
console.log('Invoking smart contract...');
res.send(contractapp.getMessage());
});
app.listen(3000, ()=>{
console.log("App started on 3000");
});
I am new to ethereum/truffle and can't find out why this error is thrown. Please provide any sample nodejs code which can help me sort out this.

Answer 1

In my case this error occurred because the contract deployment transaction was running out of gas. Truffle's default gas limit used for deploys is 6721975 (reference: truffle general options).
Here's the help text that appeared for the deployment dry-run explanining the issue:
Error: *** Deployment Failed ***
"LinearLiquidityPool" ran out of gas. Something in the constructor (ex: infinite loop) caused gas estimation to fail. Try:
* Making your contract constructor more efficient
* Setting the gas manually in your config or as a deployment parameter
* Using the solc optimizer settings in 'truffle-config.js'
* Setting a higher network block limit if you are on a
private network or test client (like ganache).