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Hanwen Zhang
20,084 PointsI am following the video but get a 'Cannot GET /' on my localhost:3000
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.get('/greetings', (req, res)=>{ // get takes 2 argument, first - the route we want to handle, second - callback function how we want to respond
res.json({greeting: "Hello World!"}); //json in object
}); //because we build a rest api, we want to send back json instead of res.render('some_html_template')
app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Quote API listening on port 3000!'));
4 Answers
Tobias Alpskog
12,044 PointsHi!
In the video we aren't' handling any GET request to "/". We only handle GET requests to "/greetings". You would have to go to localhost:3000/greetings to see anything.
Check out the course Express Basics for some great information on this!
Peter Vann
36,425 PointsHi Hanwen!
Is your app running (did you run npm start or nodemon in the console)?
Brian Wright
6,770 PointsCheck the terminal for errors which may point to the problem. Your code looks good so it may be a package issue. Did you run npm install to install the dependencies from package.json.
MD MONIRUZZAMAN
6,130 PointsIn case, you try in your local machine. You need to install express npm install express