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Start your free trialHamzah Iqbal
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,145 PointsWhat is the purpose of the ID?
I can't see the purpose for using the id within the templateData, that is const templateData = { id, hint };
What is the functionality of the ID, and why is it passed in as an argument?
2 Answers
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsWithout looking at it too closely it looks like the ID parameter refers to an ID field in a set of structured data that makes up the card details. It's a unique identifier for your data model.
Nick Huemmer
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 26,840 PointsThe id
is part of the URL for each card and refers to the specific card from the array cards
in the JSON data (see below).
In this case, id
is 3, as it's pulled from the card indexed at 3 from the cards array:
http://localhost:3000/cards/3?side=question
Notice the id
in the router method
router.get('/:id', (req, res) => {
That designates what data will be pulled in for the flashcard - forming part of the URL for the card.
Hopefully that helps - looks like your question was from last summer so you've probably already figured this out...I figure I'd answer the question to help out any other students that may be reading the questions and wondering the same thing.
The flashCardData.json
file:
{
"data": {
"title": "JavaScript Flashcards",
"cards": [
{
"question": "What language are Express apps written in?",
"hint": "It starts with a \"J\"",
"answer": "JavaScript"
},
{
"question": "What is one way a website can store data in a user's browser?",
"hint": "They are delicious with milk",
"answer": "Cookies"
},
{
"question": "What is a common way to shorten the response object's name inside middleware?",
"hint": "It has the same abbreviation as \"resolution\"",
"answer": "res"
},
{
"question": "How many different values can booleans have?",
"hint": "Think: binary",
"answer": "2"
},
{
"question": "Which HTML element can contain JavaScript?",
"hint": "It starts with an \"s\"",
"answer": "<script>"
}
]
}
}