Basic Node and Express - Chain Middleware to Create a Time Server

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:

  1. The /now endpoint should return the current time.

let express = require(‘express’);
let app = express();
require(‘dotenv’).config()

//4#
app.use(“/public”, express.static(__dirname + ‘/public’));

//7#
app.use((req, res, next) => {
console.log(${req.method} ${req.path} - ${req.ip});
next()
})

//3#
app.get(“/”, (req, res) => {
res.sendFile(__dirname + “/views/index.html”);
})
//#5
// app.get(“/json”, (req, res) => {
// res.json({“message”: “Hello json”});
// })

//#6

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Challenge Information:

Basic Node and Express - Chain Middleware to Create a Time Server

2

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3

You did not create a /now GET route.

app.get("/somePath", theMiddlewareHandler, theFinalHandler);

  • The middleware handler should take req, res, next and set req.time to the current time as required. Then call next to pass control to the next handler in the chain.

  • The final handler should send, as JSON {time: req.time}, with req.time being what the middleware handler set it to be.

Basic code structure needed:

app.get(
  "/test",
  (req, res, next) => {
    req.test = "test";
    next();
  },
  (req, res) => {
    res.json({ test: req.test });
  }
);