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Start your free trialDon Hamilton III
31,828 Points'TypeError: Cannot read property 'Swimming is great for the joints' of undefined'
Hey everyone,
I was first running into an issue where I was unable to view the any objects in the console on the Node Inspector page. I understand the idea though so I kept going, but now I'm running into a problem in which I can't retrieve individual posts. The error I get is as follows:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'Swimming is great for the joints' of undefined at /Users/donhamiltoniii/Desktop/projects/express-basics/src/app.js:16:18 at Layer.handle as handle_request at next (/Users/donhamiltoniii/Desktop/projects/express-basics/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:131:13) at Route.dispatch (/Users/donhamiltoniii/Desktop/projects/express-basics/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3) at Layer.handle as handle_request at /Users/donhamiltoniii/Desktop/projects/express-basics/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:277:22 at param (/Users/donhamiltoniii/Desktop/projects/express-basics/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:349:14) at param (/Users/donhamiltoniii/Desktop/projects/express-basics/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:365:14) at Function.process_params (/Users/donhamiltoniii/Desktop/projects/express-basics/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:410:3) at next (/Users/donhamiltoniii/Desktop/projects/express-basics/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:271:10)
my code is below:
'use strict';
var express = require('express'),
posts = require('./mock/posts.json');
var app = express();
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.send("<h1>I am loving Treehouse!</h1>");
});
app.get('/blog/:title?', function(req, res) {
var title = req.params.title;
if (title === undefined) {
res.send("this page is under construction")
} else {
var post = post[title];
res.send(post);
}
});
app.listen(3000, function(){
console.log("The frontend server is running on port 3000!")
});
Thanks in advance for any help
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsCongrats on finding your own issue!
Remember to update your post and add [SOLVED] to the title as an alternative to choosing a best answer.
Don Hamilton III
31,828 PointsDon Hamilton III
31,828 PointsGot it. I have:
var post = post[title];
Where instead I should have:
var post = posts[title];
Stay vigilant about proper spelling everyone! lol