Make an http request to glitch.me project returns the "waking up" page every time

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I’m trying to make a get request to my glitch project, but it returns the “waking up” page, even after the projected has been awoken in a browser.
https.request(“websitewe.glitch.me”, res => {
var str = ‘’
res.on(‘data’, function (chunk) {
str += chunk;
});
res.on(‘end’, function () {
console.log(str)
})
}).end()

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what’s that page?

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Rather than using the native https module, I suggest using something like Axios or node-fetch. That way I don’t think you’d face the same trouble.

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Got is another good one.

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And so is ky. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Pretty sure you can also find the cURL bindings on NPM too!

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All non-static pages go to sleep after 5 minutes of inactivity, and when they wake up, you’ll see a page similar to this:

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While the project “wakes up”, you can draw on the webpage.

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Ohhh,i’m such a coding newb :confused:

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It’s okay, everyone starts as a newbie and a noob, so feel free to ask out! :slightly_smiling_face:

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thanks,but i feel dumb not knowing this when a 14 y/o does,and i’m 16

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Thanks for the help! I was wondering if you could set me on the right path to using the node-fetch module though. I tried to use their example code but its not returning

    async() => {
        const response = await fetch(`websitewe.glitch.me`);
        const json = await response.json();
        console.log(json);
    }
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I’m not the node expert, but this looks like the code example for JSON APIs. Is there an example for HTML pages?

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i know of an html editor from another forums

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good point. i’ll try it with normal text, but my website does return json

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um if you can use this somehow,here’s the link to the editor

Snap! 6.3.5 Build Your Own Blocks

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It looks like its returning HTML.

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well… ya. it returns html with a normal url, but the actual url i’m putting in is way longer. regardless, i tried it with text (and just on the base page like you just did with the cURL) and it’s still not returning anything

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Could you try this:

fetch('your website here')
    .then(res => res.text())
    .then(body => console.log(body));

This looks like the example that you want.

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Thank you very much! this worked perfectly

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i’m glad your website is working now!hope you start making more great projects one day

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