Request, Error: unable to verify the first certificate

Question

I wanted to make simple POST HTTP request by using request module:

var request = require("request");
var form = {form: {some: "form", attributes: "attrs"}}
request.post("https://example.com", form)
   .on('response', function(response) {

   if (response.statusCode === 200) {
     console.log("DONE");
   } else {
     console.log("FAIL");
   }
});

When I launch this code it throws me this error message:

Error: unable to verify the first certificate
at Error (native)
at TLSSocket.<anonymous> (_tls_wrap.js:1057:38)
at emitNone (events.js:67:13)
at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:166:7)
at TLSSocket._finishInit (_tls_wrap.js:596:8)

I think this is happening because url has https, but I don't know how to fix this error.

How to disable checking certificate?

Possible duplicate of [Error: unable to verify the first certificate in nodejs](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31673587/error-unable-to-verify-the-first-certificate-in-nodejs) — CodingDefined, Mar 24 '16 at 08:33

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '16 at 06:37

6

Add "rejectUnauthorized": false as option:

request.post({url: "https://example.com", "rejectUnauthorized": false}, form)
   .on('response', function(response) {

   if (response.statusCode === 200) {
     console.log("DONE");
   } else {
     console.log("FAIL");
   }
});

Or add the appropiate certificate via https://www.npmjs.com/package/ssl-root-cas

require('ssl-root-cas').inject();

answered Mar 24 '16 at 06:37

michelem

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When I use your code, it throws me `Error: Invalid URI "/"` error message. – Mr.D Mar 24 '16 at 06:45
Try `request.post({uri: "https://example.com", rejectUnauthorized: false}` but it should be the same – michelem Mar 24 '16 at 06:46
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I changed as you asked, It still throws `Error: Invalid URI "/"` error. – Mr.D Mar 24 '16 at 07:21
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Disabling the cert verification is potentially dangerous and definitely NOT a good solution, a workaround at best but a massive security flaw in most cases. – 0x1gene Oct 26 '16 at 14:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '20 at 08:35

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You can try with disabling ssl certificate verification under File->Settings Settings image

answered Jun 14 '20 at 08:35

FJJ

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with node ? a File menu ? – Martijn Scheffer Jun 24 '22 at 09:21

Request, Error: unable to verify the first certificate

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