http.get({
    host: ipAddress,
    port: 1199
}, (response)=>{
   ...
   response.on("error", ()=>{...});
});

try{
    http.get({
        host: ipAddress,
        port: 1199
    }, (response)=>{
       ...
       response.on("error", ()=>{...});
    });
} catch(ex){
   console.log("error");
}