node.js rest client chrash after server shutdown

Question

I have a question about node.js rest client restify. So I make request on server and I get a response (it prints nice on console) but when I shutdown my server my rest client chrashes with error :

events.js:72
        throw er; // Unhandled 'error event
              ^
Error: read ECONNRESET
    at errnoException (net.js:901:11
    at TCP.onread (net.js:556:19

My code is simple :

var restify = require('restify');

// Creates a JSON client
var client = restify.createJsonClient({
  url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/check'
});

client.get('', function(err, req, res, obj) {    
  console.log(obj);  // print response
});

My server is also written in node.js and uses express framework and standard API which works for months on production so I doubt it is problem in that. Looks like client didn't close TCP connection to server but in restify tutorials I didn't find instructions to do that.

Thanks for any informations!

I think it won't show the predifined error if you handle it in `server.on('disconnect',function(){.....});` Correct me if I am wrong — sumitb.mdi, Jun 19 '13 at 14:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '14 at 12:42

Add agent: false to your json client creation:

var client = restify.createJsonClient({
    url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/check',
    agent: false
});

This way the TCP connection will be closed every time and you won't get error if the server is closed after you receive your response.

node.js rest client chrash after server shutdown

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