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JavaScript REST APIs with Express Refactoring and Modularizing a REST API Structuring Your REST API

Posted by Yazan Abbas
Yazan Abbas
5,299 Points

get quotes and get a single quote works just fine but when I want to post or edit a post I get 500 internal server error

I get a 500 status error after re-structuring my file and trying send a POST or PUT request on postman

1 Answer

Yazan Abbas
Yazan Abbas
5,299 Points

fixed the problem, altho the teacher recommended that we keep app.use(express.json()); in the app.js file but the solution was to insert it in the routes.js file as the following: const router = express.Router(); router.use(express.json());