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Peter Gess
16,553 PointsWhere is the data residing?
In the paths that are passed into the first parameter within these routes ("/:qD/answers/:aID"), where is this data actually being held?
3 Answers
Stephen Kilbourn
7,143 PointsAt this stage in the project, the data is not being stored. When you make a POST or PUT request, the router sends back the json response with the hard coded string (or dynamic :qID values). It looks like Stage 3 of the project is setting up the data stores in Mongo. You may want to check out the Mongo Basics course if you have not already gone through that, as well.
Peter Gess
16,553 PointsOk, I understand that there is res object that holds the data. However, when in development using a localhost where is it held before the database is set up?
Peter Gess
16,553 PointsThanks for the clarification!
Jamie Carter
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 12,096 PointsJamie Carter
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 12,096 PointsData is passed into your api route vie the res parameter.
Depending on your api call get, or post it will be stored in different places.
Sometimes its a good idea to use console.log(res) and explore the res object.
Often the data is held in res.body. (post request) or res.query (get).
Unless you use the res.body/.query inside your function or store the data to a new variable the data will be ignored