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Start your free trialDamian Szymanski
11,843 PointsI keep getting an error using the default project files for this video
Hello! I keep getting this error when I type "node app.js" using the default files for "Using Postman to test routes"
the error:
/Users/damianszymanski/Downloads/rest_apis_express_projectfiles 2/S3V1_postman/app.js:7
app.get('/quotes', async (req, res)=>{
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token (
at createScript (vm.js:56:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:97:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:542:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:393:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:150:9)
Thanks! Damian.
Damian Szymanski
11,843 PointsJuan Lopez here is my app.js:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const records = require('./records');
// Send a GET request to /quotes to READ a list of quotes
app.get('/quotes', async (req, res)=>{
const quotes = await records.getQuotes();
res.json(quotes);
});
// Send a GET request to /quotes/:id to READ(view) a quote
app.get('/quotes/:id', async (req, res)=>{
const quote = await records.getQuote(req.params.id);
res.json(quote);
});
// Send a POST request to /quotes to CREATE a new quote
// Send a PUT request to /quotes/:id to UPDATE (edit) a quote
// Send a DELETE request to /quotes/:id DELETE a quote
// Send a GET request to /quotes/quote/random to READ (view) a random quote
app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Quote API listening on port 3000!'));
Juan Lopez
Treehouse Project ReviewerEverything looks fine as far as in your app.js
code. When I run node app.js
or even npm start
everything starts up just fine.
Maybe close out and restart your text editor?
Damian Szymanski
11,843 Pointshmm, I tried that and it didn't work. weird.
1 Answer
Damian Szymanski
11,843 PointsI have figured it out! my node was out of date so I had to update it. Thanks for all the help! :) -Damian.
Juan Lopez
Treehouse Project ReviewerJuan Lopez
Treehouse Project ReviewerHello Damian Szymanski mind posting your whole
app.js
.