How to fix "EPROTO" error after updating Node version?

Question

The following code works in the version v10.15.3:

const { post } = require('request');

const { post } = require('request');

post({
  url: 'https://cidadao.sinesp.gov.br/sinesp-cidadao/mobile/consultar-placa/v4',
  body: '<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<v:Envelope xmlns:v=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">\n  <v:Header>\n    <b>LGE Nexus 5</b>\n    <c>ANDROID</c>\n    <d>v4</d>\n    <e>4.3.2</e>\n    <f>98.193.54.223</f>\n    <g>514650d8dba4784ed08b5a029583576361a50bc5</g>\n    <h>-3272.3179572637086</h>\n    <i>940.839492700698</i>\n    <j/>\n    <k/>\n    <l>2019-05-24 10:24:35</l>\n    <m>8797e74f0d6eb7b1ff3dc114d4aa12d3</m>\n  </v:Header>\n  <v:Body xmlns:n0=\"http://soap.ws.placa.service.sinesp.serpro.gov.br/\">\n    <n0:getStatus>\n      <a>LSU3J43</a>\n    </n0:getStatus>\n  </v:Body>\n</v:Envelope>',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8',
    'User-Agent': 'SinespCidadao / 3.0.2.1 CFNetwork / 758.2.8 Darwin / 15.0.0',
    Host: 'cidadao.sinesp.gov.br'
  },
}, (err, httpResponse, body) => {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(JSON.stringify(httpResponse));
});

But after upgrading to the v12.2.0 or above I have the following error:

Error: write EPROTO 17432:error:1425F102:SSL routines:ssl_choose_client_version:unsupported protocol:c:\ws\deps\openssl\openssl\ssl\statem\statem_lib.c:1922:

    at WriteWrap.onWriteComplete [as oncomplete] (internal/stream_base_commons.js:83:16) {
  errno: 'EPROTO',
  code: 'EPROTO',
  syscall: 'write'
}

How can I fix the problem?

Answer 1

The error indicated is the unsupported protocol or protocolo não suportado. Probably the address certificate cidadao.sinesp.gov.br is signed with TLSv1.0 and from the version v11.4.0 of Node.js the minimum supported version of the protocol is TLSv1.2. So in order for the call to this address to work in later versions you need to start the Node.js with the flag --tls-min-v1.0.