res.redirect for redirections in Express - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to redirect the user to '/home'.

Express

app.get('/start', (req, res) => {
  res.[1]('/home');
});

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Asend

Brender

Credirect

Djson

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using res.send instead of res.redirect

Using res.render which is for templates

The res.redirect() method sends a redirect response to the client, telling it to go to a different URL.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to redirect with a 301 status code to '/new-page'.

Express

app.get('/old-page', (req, res) => {
  res.status(301).[1]('/new-page');
});

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Aredirect

Bsend

Cjson

Drender

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using res.send instead of res.redirect

Not setting the status code before redirect

Use res.redirect() after setting the status code to send a permanent redirect (301).

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to properly redirect to '/dashboard'.

Express

app.get('/login', (req, res) => {
  res.redirect [1] '/dashboard';
});

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A()

B[]

C{}

D<>

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Omitting parentheses when calling res.redirect

Using square or curly brackets instead of parentheses

The redirect method requires parentheses around the URL string.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to redirect with a 302 status code to '/profile'.

Express

app.get('/user', (req, res) => {
  res.[1]([2], '/profile');
});

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Aredirect

Bsend

C302

D301

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using res.send instead of res.redirect

Using wrong status code like 301 for temporary redirect

Use res.redirect(statusCode, url) to redirect with a specific status code like 302.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to redirect to '/logout' only if user is logged in.

Express

app.get('/exit', (req, res) => {
  if (req.user) {
    res.[1]([2], [3]);
  } else {
    res.send('Not logged in');
  }
});

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Aredirect

B302

C'/logout'

Dsend

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using res.send instead of res.redirect

Forgetting quotes around the URL string

Using wrong status code

Use res.redirect(302, '/logout') to redirect logged-in users to logout.