Unhandled error message for connecting to a https only server without https

Just encountered the following error:

(node:6820) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: Cannot read property 'message' of undefined
    at new ApiError (...\js\dblock-timestamp\node_modules\factom\src\apis-cli.js:37:45)
    at ...\js\dblock-timestamp\node_modules\factom\src\apis-cli.js:162:41
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7)

Trying to connect to the open node with:

const cli = new FactomCli({
    factomd: {
        host: 'api.factomd.net',
        port: 443,
         // protocol: 'https' intentionally commented out to trigger the error
    }
});
cli.getDirectoryBlockHead()

Seems like the API expects the server to return a json-rpc formatted error message with a code 400 but the open node sends back a regular server error:

<html>
<head><title>400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port</title></head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<center><h1>400 Bad Request</h1></center>
<center>The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port</center>
<hr><center>cloudflare</center>
</body>
</html>

which then causes a null pointer in the ApiError constructor!

PaulBernier / factomjs

Unhandled error message for connecting to a https only server without https #12