GET route handling in Express - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to create a GET route for the path '/hello'.

Express

app.[1]('/hello', (req, res) => {
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

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Aget

Bpost

Cput

Ddelete

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'post' instead of 'get' for a GET route.

Using 'put' or 'delete' which are for other HTTP methods.

The get method defines a route that responds to GET requests.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to send a JSON response with a message in the GET route.

Express

app.get('/json', (req, res) => {
  res.[1]({ message: 'Hello JSON' });
});

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Aredirect

BsendFile

Crender

Djson

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using sendFile which sends a file, not JSON.

Using render which is for templates.

The json method sends a JSON response to the client.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the GET route that tries to access a URL parameter.

Express

app.get('/user/:id', (req, res) => {
  const userId = req.params.[1];
  res.send(`User ID is ${userId}`);
});

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Auserid

Bid

Cparam

DuserId

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using a different name than the URL parameter.

Trying to access req.param instead of req.params.

The URL parameter is named 'id', so access it with req.params.id.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a GET route that sends a status code and a JSON message.

Express

app.[1]('/status', (req, res) => {
  res.status([2]).json({ message: 'All good' });
});

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Aget

Bpost

C404

D200

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using POST method instead of GET.

Using 404 status code which means not found.

Use get for GET route and 200 for successful status code.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a GET route that reads a query parameter and sends it back in JSON.

Express

app.[1]('/search', (req, res) => {
  const term = req.query.[2];
  res.[3]({ searchTerm: term });
});

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Aget

Bquery

Cjson

Dparams

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using params instead of query for query parameters.

Using send instead of json for JSON response.

The route uses get, reads query parameter query, and sends JSON response.