Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

[techrjcantare]

I cant pass the challenge

doing this challenge using a local pc
solution: http://localhost:3000

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myApp.js code

let express = require('express');
let app = express();
console.log("Hello World");
const note = {
  "message":"Hello json"
};
app.get('/', (rq, rs) => {

  console.log( "Hello World" );
  rs.sendFile( __dirname + '/views/index.html' );
  
});

app.use("/public", express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

app.get('/json', (rq, rs) => {

  if(process.env.MESSAGE_STYLE == 'uppercase'){

    note.message = note.message.toUpperCase();
    
  };

  rs.json(note);
  
});

.env

MESSAGE_STYLE=uppercase

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Challenge: Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

Link to the challenge:

freeCodeCamp.org

[techrjcantare]

[JeremyLT]

@techrjcantare

const note = {
  "message":"Hello json"
};

Why is this a global variable? No need to pollute the global variable space here. Using the global space means separate calls against the API endpoint are related, which is causing your test to fail.