node

vscode on osx can't find node#

Remove old node install with these instructions

serve https locally#

Create a certificate


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openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -new -nodes -x509 -days 3650 -keyout ~/git/key.pem -out ~/git/cert.pem

Current directory:


        bash
        
            
        
     
npx http-server -S --cors -C ~/git/cert.pem -K ~/git/key.pem -o --port 3001

A specific directory:


        bash
        
            
        
     
npx http-server my-directory -S --cors -C ~/git/cert.pem -K ~/git/key.pem -o --port 3001

links#

Burnt a couple of nights chasing this one. Node was throwing ETIMEDOUT AggregateError when hitting https://api.spacetraders.io/v2 even though curl to the same address had no issue. Turns out node attempts resolve ipv6 first, and in the case of SpaceTraders API ipv6 can be resolved but the API doesn’t support it, however, the resolution time goes over 250ms from Australia to wherever it’s hosted, throwing ETIMEDOUT. The solution is to:


        javascript
        
            
        
     
net.setDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout(500)

node, spacetraders-v2 • 2025-03-25 • 9:49pm

Web Development Environment on Specified Version of NodeJS, with Nix

A guide on using nix-shell to manage multiple NodeJS versions in a development environment. Demonstrates how to create shell.nix configurations to switch between different NodeJS versions including legacy versions not packaged in nixpkgs.

nix, node, tools • 2024-02-27 • 12:00am