put operation in Node.js - angularjs

Question

For put request:
router.put('/:id', controller.update);
My update method look like this:
exports.update = function(req, res) {
if(req.body._id) { delete req.body._id; }
Thing.findById(req.params.id, function (err, thing) {
if (err) { return handleError(res, err); }
if(!thing) { return res.status(404).send('Not Found'); }
var updated = _.merge(thing, req.body);
updated.save(function (err) {
if (err) { return handleError(res, err); }
return res.status(200).json(thing);
});
});
};
Making request:
$http.put('/api/things/'+ thing._id, updatedThingObject)
.success(function(update){
console.log("update", update)
})
.error(function(err){
console.log("err", err)
})
It gives connection error on passing the object while making the request in angular.
The error looks like this:
PUT http://localhost:9000/api/things/56c8325b9a0ee7d00d266495
net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED(anonymous function) # angular.js:11442sendReq #
If I take off the updated object, it makes the request just fine but ofcourse nothing gets updated in
that case. What might be wrong here,please?
I figured.
The reason for the functions not being called is that I have a function that is being called repetitively in Node .
var autoCreate = function(){
console.log("THING CREATED AUTOMATICALLY")
var randomNumb=0;
clearTimeout(randomNumb);
randomNumb = (Math.random()* (10-5) + 5).toFixed(0);
console.log("random number", randomNumb)
var randomThing =randomstring({
length: randomNumb,
numeric: false,
letters: true,
special: false
});
console.log("ranfom thing", randomThing)
Thing.create({
name: randomThing,
readByUser: false
}, function(err, thing) {
console.log("THING IS", thing)
//setTimeout(autoCreate, randomNumb * 1000);
});
}
setTimeout(autoCreate, 10*1000);
Since this is running when post/put request is made, I get connection error. How do I handle this to be able to have this function running and be able to make put/post requests as well?