Get a Random Quote

Before I show you how to create a random route, 0:00 I encourage you to give it a try yourself. 0:02 Look for the correct method to use in the records.js file, look at code 0:04 we've written so far to remember syntax and how things should be structured and 0:08 go ahead and write the route in the routes.js file. 0:12 Pause the video, give it ago, and remember, this challenge is open book. 0:15 How’d you do? 0:21 If you got stuck somewhere along the line, don’t sweat it. 0:22 Watch my solution, finish the course, sleep on it, come back and try again. 0:25 If this is pretty new to you, you’ve absorbed a ton of information throughout 0:28 this course and sometimes your brain just needs a little time to process it all. 0:32 Okay, so let’s dig into it. 0:35 I’m simply requesting information, so I’m going to write a GET request. 0:37 I'm going to put our new GET request route just underneath 0:41 our other two GET requests. 0:45 So right after the route that gets a specific quote. 0:46 And I will go ahead and move our comment, Up here. 0:50 I'll start with router.get. 1:03 And we want to respond to a get request to /quotes/quote/random. 1:05 The next parameter is an anonymous function that accepts the request, 1:13 response, and next objects. 1:17 Now I'll set up a try catch block, passing any errors to our global error handler. 1:25 Inside the try block, I'll await the results of the records.getRandomQuote() 1:37 method, and save it to a variable called quote. 1:42 Finally, I'll send back a response containing the random quote as JSON. 1:53 I can also route my callback in the asyncHandler function so 2:00 I don't have to use tryCatch. 2:03 Let's make sure the server is running, go to Postman, and test this out. 2:16 Remember, I've set up a router so that all requests must now be sent to /api. 2:20 So I will send a get request to /api/quotes/quote/random. 2:25 And fantastic, we are receiving random quotes. 2:37