Truffle init fails behind proxy

[davebryson]

Using Truffle 3.1.2

Node is setup with proxy settings and works correctly.

Running truffle init results in: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED with a given IP.

This may be due to the rejectUnauthorized (default is true) setting in nodes HTTPS lib.https://nodejs.org/api/https.html for proxies that mess with SSL certs.

[Shreekavithaa]

I am facing the same problem. My errors are as follows : events.js:154 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event ^

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 151.101.112.133:443 at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:893:11) at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:916:20) at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1075:14)

Any suggestions are appreciated.

[SinghalB]

I was also facing a similar issue (ETIMEDOUT instead of ECONNREFUSED) and I/P was 151.101.48.133 and found a workaround.

Modified the cli.bundled.js: replaced https.request with request (refer [https://github.com/request/request])

Code Diff:

diff --git a/build/cli.bundled.js b/build/cli.bundled.js
index 01c69e3..aa2605c 100755
--- a/build/cli.bundled.js
+++ b/build/cli.bundled.js
@@ -202412,12 +202412,8 @@ var Init = {
       // will fail spectacularly in a way we can't catch, so we have to do it ourselves.
       return new Promise(function(accept, reject) {

-        var options = {
-          method: 'HEAD',
-          host: 'raw.githubusercontent.com',
-          path: '/trufflesuite/' + expected_full_name + "/master/truffle.js"
-        };
-        req = https.request(options, function(r) {
+        var request = require('request');
+        request({ method: 'HEAD', uri: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trufflesuite/'+expected_full_name+'/master/truffle.js'}, function (error, r, body) {
           if (r.statusCode == 404) {
             return reject(new Error("Example '" + name + "' doesn't exist. If you believe this is an error, please contact Truffle support."));
           } else if (r.statusCode != 200) {
@@ -202425,7 +202421,6 @@ var Init = {
           }
           accept();
         });
-        req.end();

       });
     }).then(function() {
@@ -212634,4 +212629,4 @@ module.exports = require("solc");
 module.exports = require("string_decoder");

 /***/ })
-/******/ ]);
\ No newline at end of file
+/******/ ]);

Prerequisite: Install request via npm npm install -g request

Proxy - setup enviroment as described at [https://github.com/request/request#proxies] The following environment variables are respected by request:

HTTP_PROXY / http_proxy HTTPS_PROXY / https_proxy NO_PROXY / no_proxy

Hopefully this will work for you guys too.

Cheers, Bhaskar

[hcaw]

Thanks Bhaskar, truffle init works fine after the change you suggested. I am yet to test the rest of the functionality after the change though

[tcoulter]

TODO: Review for application to Truffle Boxes.

[manishbansal8843]

@SinghalB I tried above thing. Post changes in cli.bundled.js, i started to get below error.

          if (r.statusCode == 404) {
               ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'statusCode' of undefined
    at Request._callback (C:\Users\manish_bansal01\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modu
les\truffle\build\cli.bundled.js:214192:16)
    at self.callback (C:\Users\manish_bansal01\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\
request\request.js:186:22)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Request.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at Request.onRequestError (C:\Users\manish_bansal01\AppData\Roaming\npm\node
_modules\request\request.js:878:8)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:309:9)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at connectErrorNT (net.js:1021:8)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:80:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)

Did i miss anything? Below is my before and after code.

Before:

var options = {
          method: 'HEAD',
          host: 'raw.githubusercontent.com',
          path: '/trufflesuite/' + expected_full_name + "/master/truffle.js"
        };
        req = https.request(options, function(r) {

          if (r.statusCode == 404) {
            return reject(new Error("Example '" + name + "' doesn't exist. If you believe this is an error, please contact Truffle support."));
          } else if (r.statusCode != 200) {
            return reject(new Error("Error connecting to github.com. Please check your internet connection and try again."));
          }
          accept();
        });
        req.end();

After

/*var options = {
          method: 'HEAD',
          host: 'raw.githubusercontent.com',
          path: '/trufflesuite/' + expected_full_name + "/master/truffle.js"
        };
        req = https.request(options, function(r) {*/
        var request = require('request');
        request({ method: 'HEAD', uri: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trufflesuite/'+expected_full_name+'/master/truffle.js'}, function (error, r, body) {

          if (r.statusCode == 404) {
            return reject(new Error("Example '" + name + "' doesn't exist. If you believe this is an error, please contact Truffle support."));
          } else if (r.statusCode != 200) {
            return reject(new Error("Error connecting to github.com. Please check your internet connection and try again."));
          }
          accept();
        });
        //req.end();

[SinghalB]

@manishbansal8843 Thanks a lot for pointing the issue with the fix. I was able to reproduce this by unsetting http_proxy/https_proxy. Just check if you have the proxies set correctly or not.

Basically, on failure, the response is not coming, hence r.statusCode is undefined. I am pasting the modified code below, which handles the case and prints an error message:

       var request = require('request');
       request({ method: 'HEAD', uri: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trufflesuite/'+expected_full_name+'/master/truffle.js'}, function (error, r, body) {
          if (error) {
            if (r && r.statusCode == 404) {
              return reject(new Error("Example '" + name + "' doesn't exist. If you believe this is an error, please contact Truffle support."));
            } else if (r && r.statusCode != 200) {
              return reject(new Error("Error connecting to github.com. Please check your internet connection and try again."));
            }
            return reject(new Error("Error connecting to github.com. Please check your internet connection and try again."));
          }
          accept();
        });

[manishbansal8843]

@SinghalB Ya i am suspecting it is because of my proxy settings only as i am sitting behind my organization firewall. I am working on that. Will correct above code also and update if I face any other issue. Thanks.

[gnidan]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention everyone as a long-outstanding issue!

This has been fixed with the truffle unbox command, and truffle init now uses that logic for creating a bare box. This repo/package are no longer in use as of Truffle v4.0.0.

[davebryson]

Using Truffle version 4.0.1

I still have issues with this. Both truffle unbox and truffle init throw the following error:

Error: Error making request. Please check the format of the requested resource: 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/truffle-box/metacoin-box/master/truffle.js
    at Request._callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:311386:23)
    at self.callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:283165:22)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at Request.emit (events.js:210:7)
    at Request.onRequestError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:283857:8)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:210:7)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:401:9)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:210:7)

[yoryos]

Same, both truffle init and truffle unbox give me:

Error: Error making request. Please check the format of the requested resource: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/truffle-box/bare-box/master/truffle.js
    at Request._callback (/Users/mako/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.1/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:311386:23)
    at self.callback (/Users/mako/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.1/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:283165:22)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at Request.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at Request.onRequestError (/Users/mako/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.1/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:283857:8)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at ClientRequest.onError (/Users/mako/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.1/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:327212:21)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:315:30)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)

Truffle v4.0.1 (core: 4.0.1)

[manishbansal8843]

I have updated truffle to 4.0.1. Even i am also facing issue as mentioned by yoryos and davebryson. Somebody please help.

[DigitalSolomon]

I get the same error. Truffle v4.0.3, macOS 10.12.6, npm v5.5.1, node v8.9.3

[daneric]

truffle init Downloading... Error: Error making request. Please check the format of the requested resource: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/truffle-box/bare-box/master/truffle.js at Request._callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:314206:23) at self.callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:285576:22) at emitOne (events.js:116:13) at Request.emit (events.js:211:7) at Request.onRequestError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js:286268:8) at emitOne (events.js:116:13) at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:211:7) at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:387:9) at emitOne (events.js:116:13) at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:211:7)

Same problem on truffle 4.0.5. Anyone help?

[szaher]

Truffle v4.1.0 - a development framework for Ethereum

➜ workspace truffle init Downloading... Error: Error making request to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/truffle-box/bare-box/master/truffle.js. Got error: tunneling socket could not be established, cause=write EPROTO 139725019055936:error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol:../deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s23_clnt.c:827: . Please check the format of the requested resource. at Request._callback (/usr/local/src/node-v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-box/lib/utils/unbox.js:45:1) at self.callback (/usr/local/src/node-v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-box/~/request/request.js:186:1) at emitOne (events.js:116:13) at Request.emit (events.js:211:7) at Request.onRequestError (/usr/local/src/node-v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-box/~/request/request.js:878:1) at emitOne (events.js:116:13) at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:211:7) at ClientRequest.onError (/usr/local/src/node-v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/tunnel-agent/index.js:179:1) at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:315:30) at emitOne (events.js:116:13)

[Trijay]

Hey Everyone,

I just got this error Error: Error making request to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trufflesuite/truffle-init-default/master/truffle.js. Got error: connect ECONNREFUSED 151.101.152.133:443. Please check the format of the requested resource. at Request._callback (/usr/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-box/lib/utils/unbox.js:45:1) at self.callback (/usr/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/request/request.js:185:1) at Request.emit (events.js:182:13) at Request.onRequestError (/usr/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/request/request.js:877:1) at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:182:13) at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:391:9) at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:182:13) at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:82:8) at emitErrorAndCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:50:3) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19).

But Got it solved by just updating my ubuntu machine. Try using the command sudo apt-get update

[sripwoud]

The workaround described here did the job for me:

• clone box repo using git clone
• remove .git dir: rm -rf .git
• install dependencies: npm install

[TobiWo]

I had the same problem as OP but could solve it with the workaround of @SinghalB. Thanks a ton for that.

• Windows 10 Enterprise
• NodeJS v10.15.0
• npm v6.5.0
• Truffle v5.0.1

Best, Tobi

[Jason5Lee]

I have a Error: Error connecting to github.com. Please check your internet connection and try again. error.

macOS 11.3 Truffle v5.3.12 (core: 5.3.12) Solidity v0.5.16 (solc-js) Node v14.17.1 Web3.js v1.3.6

HTTP_PROXY and Node proxy config are both set.