Get JSON data

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Now that our server is listening for requests being made on localhost:8000 let's return some mock JSON data. Add the following to your server.js file:

const mockUserData=[
{name:'Mark'},
{name:'Jill'}
]
app.get('/users', function(req,res){
    res.json({
        success: true,
        message: 'successfully got users. Nice!',
        users: mockUserData
    })
})

Overall your file should look like this:

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

const mockUserData=[
    {name:'Mark'},
    {name:'Jill'}
]

app.get('/users',function(req,res){
    res.json({
        success: true,
        message: 'successfully got users. Nice!',
        users: mockUserData
    })
})

app.listen(8000,function(){console.log('server is listening')})

Let's save your changes on GitHub:

git add server.js
git commit -m"add first GET route"
git push origin master

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With this last push, your repository should look like this.

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