git clone https://github.com/Code-Your-Future/node-status-code-api.git
npm install
npm test
The goal is to write an API that serves JSON data containing information about different HTTP status codes. For example, when you run npm start and navigate to http://localhost:8080/code/200, you should see a JSON file that tells you that the HTTP status code 200 means OK. Likewise, at http://localhost:8080/code/503 you should see a JSON file that tells you that the HTTP status code 503 means Service Unavailable.
/data/status-codes.json is a JSON file that contains information about all the codes. The file has already been required into the server.js file (this is the file where you will be doing your work) and is available as the statusCodes array. You will need to fetch the correct information from this array.
To achieve this goal, you'll have to complete the following steps.
- Make an Express route that accepts a status code as a parameter.
- In the route endpoint, find the correct status code data from within the
statusCodesarray and return that data as JSON.
This repository contains a set of tests which check that the app works correctly. Run npm test to check if things work as expected. When the application works correctly, you should see something like:
Status code API
✓ has a '/:code' route
✓ returns the correct data from the 'statusCodes' array
2 passing (36ms)
However, when you start work on this project, you should see something like:
Status codes API
1) has a '/:code' route
2) returns the correct data from the 'statusCodes' array
0 passing (52ms)
2 failing
1) Status codes API has a '/:code' route:
Error: expected 200 "OK", got 404 "Not Found"
2) Status codes API returns the correct data from the 'statusCodes' array
Error: expected 200 "OK", got 404 "Not Found"
These failing tests should give you some ideas about how to proceed, so read them closely.
Homework is described in the Code-Your-Future/node-status-code-website README.