i can not get my code to run on repl. if i change it to app.get(‘/’) it works on repl but freecodecamp wont accept answer. can anyone see where i am going wrong.
app.get('/json', (req, res) => {
if(process.env['MESSAGE_STYLE'] === mySecret){
res.json( {"message": "Hello json".toUpperCase()})
}else{
res.json({"message": "Hello express"})
}
})
Post your Replit link.
res.json({"message": "Hello express"})
is this what you are asked to send?
yes and it sends it on repl but only if i leave the app.get(‘/’, function) like that, but freecodecamp wont accept it. i had to use repl secret file which created the mySecret variable
I assume it’s this challenge?
If so, re-read the requirements.
You are using the wrong value for the environment variable.
You are not sending what is asked for.
The GET route should be /json not /. But you submit the root URL (the URL you posted).
Note: If you are using Replit, you cannot create a .env file. Instead, use the built-in SECRETS tab to add the variable.
yes i tried sending it from the app.get(‘/json’) but repl retuurns not found error. below is the code i have. if i use that code then repl finds it and prints the message as it should but when i try to submit it to freecodecamp it tells me that i need to do what you said,.
but then repl returns not found error. I dont understand why. can you see anything wrong in my code? i had to use the Secrets tab on repl as described above for the env variable, the value of mySecrets var is ‘uppercase’.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
let express = require(‘express’);
let app = express();
const absolutePath = __dirname + ‘/views/index.html’;
console.log(‘hello world’)
const mySecret = process.env[‘MESSAGE_STYLE’]
// app.get(“/”, (req, res) => {
// res.sendFile(absolutePath);
// });
// app.use(‘/public’, express.static(__dirname + ‘/public’))
app.get(‘/’, (req, res) => {
if(process.env[‘MESSAGE_STYLE’] === mySecret){
res.json( {“message”: “Hello json”.toUpperCase()})
}else{
res.json({“message”: “Hello express”})
}
})
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
As @lasjorg says, your route should be ‘/json’, and you don’t need to comment out the ‘/’ route.
Also, this line:
if(process.env[‘MESSAGE_STYLE’] === mySecret){
…is equivalent to
if(process.env[‘MESSAGE_STYLE’] === process.env[‘MESSAGE_STYLE’]){
…as that is what is assigned to the variable mySecret.
You should be checking if the value assigned to MESSAGE_STYLE is ‘uppercase’.
Again, as pointed out, ‘Hello express’ is not a value which should be returned in any case in this challenge.
The response object should either be {"message": "Hello json"} or {"message": "HELLO JSON"} , depending on the MESSAGE_STYLE value. Note that you must read the value of process.env.MESSAGE_STYLE inside the route handler, not outside of it, due to the way our tests run.
Note: If you are using Replit, you cannot create a .env file. Instead, use the built-in SECRETS tab to add the variable.
am i doing the wrong thing completely then? oh sorry ive just seen that im not sending hello json
so sorry everyone, its passed now. sorry for wasting everyones time. thanks
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