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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Create a Command Line Weather Application Retrieving Data - Solution

Posted by Ryan Wikle
Ryan Wikle
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What is chunk?

In the code in the video what is chunk? Is it a constant that was created or is it a method built into javascript?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The "chunk" is defined on line 11 as the name of the parameter of the arrow function that will be called when any data arrives. At this point, "chunk" will contain a reference to data that just came in.

Along with reviewing the video, you might want to take a look at the Anatomy of an HTTP Transaction in the node documentation.