HTTP and HTTPS monitor using node.js

Problem this snippet solves: HTTP and HTTPS monitor using node.js. Beginning with 12.0 you can run node.js from the CLI just like you do Perl, Python, or TCL or Bash. This script uses the node.js ...
Published Nov 18, 2016
Version 1.0
application delivery
application monitors
BIG-IP
LTM
node.js
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Jun 24, 2020

Wouldn't this block of code cause the monitor to always be up?

 

req.on('error', function(err) {
        console.log(err);
        return;
});

For an external monitor, isn't any output at all (even an error message) taken as an indicator of success? Wouldn't this error catching portion need to remain absolutely silent to get the desired result?