title: Getting connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80 when attempting HTTP request
body: <blockquote>
    <p>I am attempting to make a http request to news.google.com using the native node.js <code>http</code> module.  I am getting the <code>connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80</code> error when I tried the following </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>var http = require('http');
  
  var payload = JSON.stringify({
      name: 'John Smith',
      email: 'john.smith@smith.com',
      resume: 'https://drive.google.com/open?id=asgsaegsehsehseh'
  });
  
  var options = {
      hostname: 'https://news.google.com',
      path: '/',
      method: 'GET'
  };
  
  var httpRequest = http.request(options, function(request, response) {
      console.log('STATUS', response.statusCode);
      response.setEncoding('utf8');
  
      response.on('data', function(chunk) {
          console.log('BODY:', chunk);
      });
  
      response.on('end', function() {
          console.log('No more data in response');
      });
  });
  
  httpRequest.on('error', function(e) {
      console.log('Error with the request:', e.message);
  });
  
  httpRequest.write(payload);
  httpRequest.end();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why am I getting this error?</p>
  
  <p>I tried using the <code>request</code> npm module.  And it worked!</p>