nodejs imgur api - over capacity 500 error

Question

I keep getting this error when trying to use the imgur search api in nodejs:

{"data":{"error":"Imgur is temporarily over capacity. Please try again later."},"success":false,"status":500}

I dont get this error when accessing the api through a REST client which makes me think I'm doing something wrong. When I use the REST client I get the results I expect. This is how I'm accessing the api in node.

var https = require("https");

var options = {
  protocol:"https:",
  host:"api.imgur.com",
  path:"3/gallery/search/top/all/0?q=cats",
  headers:{"Authorization" : "Client-ID ***********"}
}

var req = https.request(options, function(response) {
  var str = '';
  response.on('data', function (chunk) {
    str += chunk;
  });
  response.on('end', function () {
    console.log(str);
  });
});

req.end();  

Answer 1

Your path in the request options is incorrect. Prepend / and voila!

Simply change:

path:"3/gallery/search/top/all/0?q=cats",

to

path:"/3/gallery/search/top/all/0?q=cats",

The following worked perfectly for me!

var https = require("https");

var options = {
  protocol:"https:",
  host:"api.imgur.com",
  path:"/3/gallery/search/top/all/0?q=cats",
  headers:{"Authorization" : "Client-ID {YOUR_ID}"}
}

var req = https.request(options, function(response) {
  var str = '';
  response.on('data', function (chunk) {
    str += chunk;
  });
  response.on('end', function () {
    console.log(JSON.parse(str));
  });
});

req.end();