sample code fails

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

code from readme fails with error:

api error =>  https://t1readonly.eos.io/v1/chain/get_account {"account_name":"myaccount1231548489"}
{ FetchError: request to https://t1readonly.eos.io/v1/chain/get_account failed, reason: connect ETIMEDOUT 35.164.81.64:443
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/Users/info/_sites/eos/node_modules/node-fetch/index.js:133:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:210:7)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:385:9)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:210:7)
    at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:64:8)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
  name: 'FetchError',
  message: 'request to https://t1readonly.eos.io/v1/chain/get_account failed, reason: connect ETIMEDOUT 35.164.81.64:443',
  type: 'system',
  errno: 'ETIMEDOUT',
  code: 'ETIMEDOUT' }
{ FetchError: request to https://t1readonly.eos.io/v1/chain/get_account failed, reason: connect ETIMEDOUT 35.164.81.64:443
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/Users/info/_sites/eos/node_modules/node-fetch/index.js:133:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:210:7)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:385:9)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:210:7)
    at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:64:8)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
  name: 'FetchError',
  message: 'request to https://t1readonly.eos.io/v1/chain/get_account failed, reason: connect ETIMEDOUT 35.164.81.64:443',
  type: 'system',
  errno: 'ETIMEDOUT',
  code: 'ETIMEDOUT' }
Error:  { FetchError: request to https://t1readonly.eos.io/v1/chain/get_account failed, reason: connect ETIMEDOUT 35.164.81.64:443
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/Users/info/_sites/eos/node_modules/node-fetch/index.js:133:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:210:7)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:385:9)
    at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:210:7)
    at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:64:8)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
  name: 'FetchError',
  message: 'request to https://t1readonly.eos.io/v1/chain/get_account failed, reason: connect ETIMEDOUT 35.164.81.64:443',
  type: 'system',
  errno: 'ETIMEDOUT',
  code: 'ETIMEDOUT' }

[jcalfee]

t1readonly.eos.io does not exist anymore .. You'll need a local node .. There is a jungle testnet but I'm not sure what the status is..

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

Ok. And how do i use my local node?
And why is it required at all?

[jcalfee]

This looks pretty cool: http://dev.cryptolions.io/

discussion: https://forums.eosgo.io/discussion/493/jungle-testnet

I'm looking for a URL that we can put into config.httpEndpoint...