# Trying to fetch response from Goodreads API

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**Created:** [October 21, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/trying-to-fetch-response-from-goodreads-api/323312 "2019-10-21T18:50:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/trying-to-fetch-response-from-goodreads-api/323312/19 "2019-10-23T21:18:51Z")

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Look for hidden files.

The `.` hides files on Unix based systems.

cp probably worked, you just have the file hidden most likely.

The file tree in VSCode would show hidden files if you use that.

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