How can I call localhost from localhost (laravel, nodejs)? - php

Question

I am writing an application with node and laravel. I am running small laravel local server which resolves to http://localhost:8000. i am also running a node server on localhost:3000. Then trying to call the first server from the second. Here is the NodeJs code:
var restify = require('restify');
var server = restify.createServer();
server.listen(3000, function() {
console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url);
});
Here is where I make the http request:
var http = require('http');
module.exports = {
call: function (host, path) {
var options = {
host: host,
path: path,
port: 8000,
method: 'GET'
};
callback = function(response) {
var str = '';
response.on('data', function (chunk) {
str += chunk;
});
response.on('end', function () {
return str;
});
}
http.request(options, callback).end();
}
}
This is the actual call I am making:
httpCaller.call('http://localhost', '/fire');
I get the following response on the command line:
Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND http://localhost http://localhost:8000
at errnoException (dns.js:26:10)
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:77:26)
I tried removing http:// and just calling local host, and got the following:
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:8000
at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:890:11)
at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:913:20)
at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1057:14)
How can I do this?

Answer 1

Try using the http.get function?
http.get('http://localhost:8000/fire', (res) => {
console.log(`Got response: ${res.statusCode}`);
// consume response body
res.resume();
}).on('error', (e) => {
console.log(`Got error: ${e.message}`);
});