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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Developing Express Apps Like a Boss Add a new route to the app.

Posted by cathy mitchell
cathy mitchell
8,249 Points

express basics

this is challenge 2 with express basics:

Use the send method on the response object to return the posts object when the /blog route is requested.

app.get('/blog', function (req, res) { res.send() req.send(post) });

My error is: You need to pass the 'posts' object to the send() method on the response object.

app.js 
'use strict';

var express = require('express');
var posts = require("./mock/posts.json");

var app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.send("<h1>I Love Treehouse!</h1>");
});

app.listen(3000, function(){
  console.log("The frontend server is running on port 3000!")
});

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Cathy! You're doing well here, but you've got an extraneous res.send() method, and your variable name for your object is misspelled. Take a look:

app.get('/blog', function(req, res){
  res.send(posts);
});

Upon accessing the /blog URL this function will send a response containing the posts object (as required by the challenge and initialized in the code). You're sending back a post object, which isn't defined. Hope this helps! :sparkles:

cathy mitchell
cathy mitchell
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that didn't work.

Jennifer Nordell
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cathy mitchell I'm not sure what to tell you here. If I copy/paste this code into the challenge, it passes both steps without problem:

'use strict';

var express = require('express');
var posts = require("./mock/posts.json");

var app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.send("<h1>I Love Treehouse!</h1>");
});

app.listen(3000, function(){
  console.log("The frontend server is running on port 3000!")
});

app.get('/blog', function(req, res){
  res.send(posts);
});

This is a working solution according to TTH. If it's still not passing even after copy/paste, you might have to contact support. :sparkles:

Salwa Elmohandes
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Salwa Elmohandes
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Jennifer Nordell maybe she used the => when I deleted the arrow function icon it works. I know It should work both ways.