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In this video, we'll add functionality to our app that will allow the client to request a random quote.
Before I show you how to
create a random route,
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I encourage you to give it a try yourself.
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Look for the correct method to use
in the records.js file, look at code
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we've written so far to remember syntax
and how things should be structured and
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go ahead and
write the route in the routes.js file.
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Pause the video, give it ago, and
remember, this challenge is open book.
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How’d you do?
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If you got stuck somewhere along the line,
don’t sweat it.
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Watch my solution, finish the course,
sleep on it, come back and try again.
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If this is pretty new to you, you’ve
absorbed a ton of information throughout
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this course and sometimes your brain just
needs a little time to process it all.
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Okay, so let’s dig into it.
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I’m simply requesting information,
so I’m going to write a GET request.
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I'm going to put our new GET
request route just underneath
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our other two GET requests.
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So right after the route
that gets a specific quote.
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And I will go ahead and
move our comment, Up here.
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I'll start with router.get.
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And we want to respond to a get
request to /quotes/quote/random.
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The next parameter is an anonymous
function that accepts the request,
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response, and next objects.
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Now I'll set up a try catch block, passing
any errors to our global error handler.
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Inside the try block, I'll await the
results of the records.getRandomQuote()
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method, and
save it to a variable called quote.
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Finally, I'll send back a response
containing the random quote as JSON.
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I can also route my callback in
the asyncHandler function so
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I don't have to use tryCatch.
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Let's make sure the server is running,
go to Postman, and test this out.
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Remember, I've set up a router so that
all requests must now be sent to /api.
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So I will send a get request
to /api/quotes/quote/random.
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And fantastic,
we are receiving random quotes.
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