Netdown

var netdown = require('netdown'),
    http    = require('http');

var req = http.request({ path: '/', host: 'google.com' });

req.on('error', function(err) {
  if (netdown(err))
    console.log('Network is down!');
  else
    console.log('Some other error: ' + err.message);
})

Install

$ npm install netdown --save

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Written by Tomás Pollak. (c) Fork, Ltd. MIT Licensed.