Node.js Https request Error - node.js

Question

I've tried the sample from the documentation and it works great.
But when I change the URL to https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/, the request hangs. The only thing I get is:
{ [Error: socket hang up] code: 'ECONNRESET' }
Here's my code:
var https = require('https');
this.dispatch = function(req, res) {
var renderHtml = function(content) {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
res.end(content, 'utf-8');
}
var parts = req.url.split('/');
var options = {
host: 'api.mercadolibre.com',
port: 443,
path: '/sites/',
method: 'GET'
};
var request = https.request(options, function(res) {
console.log("statusCode: ", res.statusCode);
console.log("headers: ", res.headers);
res.on('data', function(d) {
process.stdout.write(d);
});
});
request.on('error', function(e) {
console.error('error');
console.error(e);
});
request.end();
return 'item id:' + parts[2];
};
I've tried with curl, soapui and with a browser. On all cases works great, but with node.js it doesn't.
How can I get more data on what's going on?
added
With curl i do: curl --sslv3 https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/ works.
I've test same in centos 6 and works too.
I've reinstalled node, this time from source, same problem. My Os is ubuntu 12.04.
Thanks.

Answer 1

I'm not sure about api.mercadolibre.com site, but I can call API if I remove port param, like following code:
var options = {
host: 'api.mercadolibre.com',
path: '/sites/',
method: 'GET'
};
And we also need add param to support SSL version 3:
https.globalAgent.options.secureProtocol = 'SSLv3_method';

Answer 2

Why not use a library like request to deal with the details for you?
var request = require('request');
request('https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/', {}, function(err, res, body) {
console.log("Got body: ", body);
});
This yields:
Got body: [{"id":"MLA","name":"Argentina"},{"id":"MLB","name":"Brasil"},{"id":"MCO","name":"Colombia"},{"id":"MCR","name":"Costa Rica"},{"id":"MEC","name":"Ecuador"},{"id":"MLC","name":"Chile"},{"id":"MLM","name":"Mexico"},{"id":"MLU","name":"Uruguay"},{"id":"MLV","name":"Venezuela"},{"id":"MPA","name":"Panamá"},{"id":"MPE","name":"Perú"},{"id":"MPT","name":"Portugal"},{"id":"MRD","name":"Dominicana"}]

Answer 3

Since it is working with curl, try using node-curl module. I lost a whole day trying to make it work in node.js with http and/or https modules until I switched to node-curl.
Try this:
var curl = require('node-curl');
curl('https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/', {SSLVERSION: 3}, function(err, res) {
var body = res.body;
res.close();
console.log(body);
});

Answer 4

Same here, working with curl but not with node.js.
Problem: here on CentOS-5 curl usesthe provides openssl libraries and so uses centos standard /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt for CA checks.
Where does node.js look for?, via strace there I cannot see any reference to a CA-file for checking.
Node.js request against server with valid SSL-certificate from well known old issuer are accepted, but not against my own webserver with own CA.
I put my own CA.crt in the ca-bundle.crt file, so now curl accepts it, but not node.js.
Only solution for now is to deactivate the verification-check for my dev-box:
var client = require('https');
var download_options = url.parse(sourceUrl);
download_options.method = "GET";
download_options.agent = false;
download_options.rejectUnauthorized = false; / HERE to accept all SSL-certificates */
var download_request = client.request(download_options);

Answer 5

I think you are behind a proxy which you need to specify to request. Proxy settings are detected automatically by libcurl, which node-curl uses. Therefore the request passes in node-curl.
Therefore, find out the proxy IP and port your organization uses, and try this:
var request = require('request');
request({
uri : 'https://mail.google.com/mail',
proxy : 'http://<proxy ip>:<proxy port>'
}, function (error, response, body) {
if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
console.log(body) // Print the google web page.
}else{
console.log(error);
console.log(response.statusCode);
}
})

Answer 6

You will get the ECONNRESET error if you do this:
post_options.path = 'history';
...
var req = http.request(post_options, function(res) {
...
That is, you need to make sure your path has a / like this:
post_options.path = '/history';
...