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JavaScript Express Basics Deeper into Routing with Express Review Adding Multiple Routes

Tarek Raafat
Tarek Raafat
3,346 Points
Posted by Tarek Raafat
Tarek Raafat
3,346 Points

I don't get the question.

What is meant by adding object "posts" to send?

app.js 
const express = require('express');
const posts = require("./mock/posts.json");

const app = express();

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send("<h1>I Love Treehouse!</h1>");
});

app.get('/blog', (req, res) => {
  res.send({posts: posts});
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log("The frontend server is running on port 3000!")
});

1 Answer

Matt Brock
Matt Brock
28,330 Points
Matt Brock
Matt Brock
28,330 Points

You're simply telling the application to show the posts from the mock JSON file which you included at the top of the script, on the blog page. It's sending an object through with the response with one value: the posts themselves.

This section of the Express docs talks about it: https://expressjs.com/en/guide/routing.html#route-paths.