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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Handling Errors in Node Handling Status Code Errors

Posted by Kylie Soderblom
Kylie Soderblom
3,890 Points

I don't get the first "get" of module.exports.get = get;

Nope! Still lost. Listened to this snippet several times. module.exports.get = get; // "name of your api that you want accessible is the first 'get', and then set it to the get function."

I want to export a module so: module.exports Why does it have to have the word 'get' as the name of my api? Not even sure what api means here. I know what the acronym stands for but what does it mean here?

why would he choose to change the getProfile function name to get --- it just adds to the confusion. Let's say, I change the function name to userProfile then I would module.exports.get = userProfile;

but once again - why the first get?

1 Answer

Jason Arnold
Jason Arnold
22,110 Points
Jason Arnold
Jason Arnold
22,110 Points

That first get is the name you are giving to your export. The second is the name of the function.

You could just as easily name it module.exports.apples = get; and then use users.forEach(profile.apples) in app.js and it would work.

If you had multiple functions you wanted to export out of profile.js and wanted to give each their own name, you could.

Honestly, I'm not sure why they renamed the function or why there are using 'get' for both the function's new name and the export. It just adds to the confusion.

Also, this question is on the wrong module (this one is for handling error codes), which is probably why it hasn't been answered before now. I think a lot of other students had similar questions: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/video:78042