If you try to make a a request in Node.js over HTTPS, you can get an error like this:
101057795:error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol:openssl\ssl\s23_clnt.c:794:
This can occur if you set the port on the URL, forcing it to communicate over a non HTTPs port.
For instance, in this example, port should be 443, or left out entirely:
var options = {
hostname: 'gateway-a.watsonplatform.net',
path: url + endpoint,
port: 80,
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Content-Length': postData.length
}
};
request(options, function(res) {
...
});