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18,208 PointsThe answer side doesn't link to the question.
Everything works perfectly but when I go to the answer link http://localhost:3000/cards/3?side=answer it doesn't give me a link redirecting me to the question.
cards.js
const express = require('express'); const router = express.Router(); const { data } = require('../data/flashcardData.json'); const { cards } = data;
router.get( '/', ( req, res ) => {
const numberOfCards = cards.length;
const flashcardId = Math.floor( Math.random() * numberOfCards );
res.redirect( /cards/${flashcardId}
)
});
router.get('/:id', (req, res) => { const { side } = req.query; const { id } = req.params;
if ( !side ) {
return res.redirect(`/cards/${id}?side=question`);
}
const name = req.cookies.username;
const text = cards[id][side];
const { hint } = cards[id];
const templateData = { id, text, name };
if ( side === 'question' ) {
templateData.hint = hint;
templateData.sideToShow = 'answer';
templateData.sideToShowDisplay = 'Answer';
} else if ( side === 'answer' ) {
templateData.sideToShow = 'question';
templateData.sideToShowDisplay = 'Question';
}
res.render('card', templateData);
});
module.exports = router;
card.pug
extends layout.pug
block content
section#content
h2= text
if hint
p
i Hint: #{hint}
a(href=${id}?side=${sideToShow}
)= sideToShowDisplay
br
a(href='/cards') Next card
1 Answer
mcdev
2,802 PointsYou may have already solved this. Currently you are only checking of side has no value / undefined. You need to to also check if the value is either answer or question because you don't want to redirect on either of those values.
if (!side || !(side === 'answer' || side === 'question' ) ) {
res.redirect(`/cards/${id}?side=question`);
}