03 - Challenge 1

Challenge #1 Solution:

In this module, we'll discuss the solution to the previous challenge and add a few more routes for practice.

About Route Solution

To define the route, you would have done the following in the testcontroller.js file:

var express = require('express')
var router = express.Router()

router.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Hey!!! This is a test route!')
});

    //1        //2        //3
router.get('/about', function (req, res) {
  res.send('This is an about route') //4
});

module.exports = router;

Analysis

Just a few review notes on the challenge: 1. You can use the router instance that we've created and call the .get method from express to make a HTTP GET request. 2. The first parameter is the /about path that we'll be appending to the URL. This will make the url look like this: http://localhost:3000/test/about 3. Again, we pass in a callback function that will run when the path is requested. So when we type in the above url, this function fires off. 4. The send() method gets called on the res object, and a simple string is returned.

Challenge #2: More Practice Routes

For more practice, add three more test routes with messages of your choice: 1. Create a route that will return a contact object. Here is the path: http://localhost:3000/test/contact 2. Create a route that sends an array of projects. Here is the path: http://localhost:3000/test/projects 3. Create a route that sends an array of contact objects. Here is the path: http://localhost:3000/test/mycontacts

Here is the screenshot for #1:

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Here is the screenshot for #2:

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Here is the screenshot for #3:

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