'Error: connect ECONNREFUSED' When calling http.request

Question

I am trying to run the following node code,

function getQuestions() {
    var options = {
        host: 'mysite.com',
        path: '/services/v2/question.json',
        headers: {
            "Content-Type": "application/json",
            "accept": "application/json; charset=UTF-8",
            'Authorization': auth
        }
    };
    http.request(options, function(response) {
        console.log("Everything worked!");
    }).on('error', function(e) {
        console.log('problem with request: ' + e.stack);
    });
}

But it always errors saying...

problem with request: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
    at errnoException (net.js:905:11)
    at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:896:19)

When I put the same info into Postman it works fine. Is there a way to debug this?

Update

Tried this...

var options = {
        host: "google.com"
};

Same result so something must be wrong in my code. Any ideas?

Of course I can't post Auth but it is just basic auth. I copied the exact text to postman and it works fine. I don't think that is the issue because the google example has no auth. Could be proxy or some such but I have no idea how to debug — Jackie, Aug 17 '15 at 19:42
Does this answer your question? [How can I use an http proxy with node.js http.Client?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3862813/how-can-i-use-an-http-proxy-with-node-js-http-client) — Ian Kemp, Sep 04 '20 at 12:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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It did end up being a proxy issue this...

var options = {
    host: "proxy",
    port: 80,
    path: 'http://google.com'
};

Notice the proxy in host. I will mark as duplicate of this post

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Aug 17 '15 at 19:50

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what about authentication from the proxy ? – avck Jun 24 '16 at 07:20

'Error: connect ECONNREFUSED' When calling http.request

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