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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js Handling Routes in Node.js Populating User Information

James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points
Posted by James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points

Struggling to understand how the profile.js communicates with router.js

Hello World,

As the question states, I am struggling to understand how the profile.js is communicating with router.js, in particularly:

    var studentProfile = new Profile(username);

When we write this line of code, are we basically saying that we are calling the function 'Profile' in 'profile.js' with our username (as a parameter) which we created earlier?

If so, how does the body variable (which I assume contains all of the JSON returned from https://teamtreehouse.com/ in profile.js) get returned to the studentProfile?

Perhaps it's my lack of understanding of the .on method which is throwing me off a little.

Thanks, James.

1 Answer

Jason Morton
Jason Morton
8,004 Points
Jason Morton
Jason Morton
8,004 Points

I beleve based on setting the Profile variable in the top of the router document we are communicating that we want to use Profile Method inside the profile.js