Having a problem using dojo/request under node.js arnosgrove:example chris$ node useRequest.js I can call dojo/date functions no problem: e.g. Time Zone is:GMT But when I try to use dojo/request it fails: module.js:236 var start = request.substring(0, 2); ^ TypeError: Object has no method 'substring' at Function.Module._resolveLookupPaths (modul…

useRequest.js

// dojo-release-1.8.3-src is installed in the same directory as this script

dojoConfig = {
    baseUrl: ".",
    packages:[{name: 'dojo', location: 'dojo'}],
    deps:['dojo/request', 'dojo/date']
};

require('./dojo/dojo.js');

console.log("I can call dojo/date functions no problem:");
console.log("e.g. Time Zone is:" + dojo.date.getTimezoneName(new Date()));

console.log("But when I try to use dojo/request it fails:");

// Following taken from:
// http://dojotoolkit.org/documentation/tutorials/1.8/ajax/

require(["dojo/request"], function(request){
    request("helloworld.txt").then(
        function(text){
            console.log("The file's contents is: " + text);
        },
        function(error){
            console.log("An error occurred: " + error);
        }
    );
});