Keyword not found, Issue #45

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<!-- CONTRIBUTING -->
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are **greatly appreciated**.
+
+If you have a suggestion to better our API, please fork the repo and create a pull request. Additionally, you can open an issue and offer advice.
+Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!
+
+1. Visit our Issues page to check if an issue exists and does not have an assignee.
+2. Fork the Project
+3. Change to your Feature Branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`)
+4. Commit your Changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`)
+5. Push to the Branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`)
+6. Open a Pull Request

LICENSE.md

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2022 the-api-administration
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

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+# Coding-Resources-API
+
+<div id="top"></div>
+
+[![Contributors][contributors-shield]][contributors-url]
+[![Forks][forks-shield]][forks-url]
+[![Stargazers][stars-shield]][stars-url]
+[![Issues][issues-shield]][issues-url]
+[![MIT License][license-shield]][license-url]
+
+<!-- PROJECT LOGO -->
+<br />
+<div align="center">
+  <a href="https://github.com/the-api-administration">
+    <img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/106885719?s=200&v=4" alt="Logo" width="80" height="80">
+  </a>
+
+<h3 align="center">Coding Resources API</h3>
+
+  <p align="center">
+    Provides Coding Resources
+    <br />
+    <a href="https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api"><strong>Explore the docs »</strong></a>
+    <br />
+    <br />
+    <a href="https://coding-resources-api.herokuapp.com/">View Demo</a>
+    ·
+    <a href="https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/issues">Report Bug</a>
+    ·
+    <a href="https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/issues">Request Feature</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- TABLE OF CONTENTS -->
+<details>
+  <summary>Table of Contents</summary>
+  <ol>
+    <li>
+      <a href="#about-the-project">About The Project</a>
+      <ul>
+        <li><a href="#built-with">Built With</a></li>
+      </ul>
+    </li>
+    <li><a href="#getting-started">Getting Started</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#usage">Usage</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#roadmap">Roadmap</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#contributing">Contributing</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#license">License</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#acknowledgments">Acknowledgments</a></li>
+  </ol>
+</details>
+
+<!-- ABOUT THE PROJECT -->
+
+## About The Project
+
+Search for coding resources by relevant keywords. This API serves educational content for a wide variety of computer science topics, languages and technologies relevant to web development. 
+
+<p align="right">(<a href="#top">back to top</a>)</p>
+
+### Built With
+
+- EJS
+- CSS
+- JavaScript
+- Node.js
+- Express
+
+<p align="right">(<a href="#top">back to top</a>)</p>
+
+<!-- GETTING STARTED -->
+
+## Getting Started
+
+Simply visit: <a href="https://coding-resources-api.herokuapp.com/">https://coding-resources-api.herokuapp.com/</a> and read our documentation to learn how to interact with our API! If you would like to help us out, feel free to create issues through our github repo.
+
+<p align="right">(<a href="#top">back to top</a>)</p>
+
+<!-- USAGE EXAMPLES -->
+
+## Usage
+
+Access our API endpoints to recieve coding resource data in JSON format.
+
+<p align="right">(<a href="#top">back to top</a>)</p>
+
+<!-- ROADMAP -->
+
+## Roadmap
+
+- [X] Add search functionality
+- [ ] Offer more resources
+- [ ] Support mobile devices
+- [ ] Create more endpoints
+
+See the [open issues](https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/issues) for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).
+
+<p align="right">(<a href="#top">back to top</a>)</p>
+
+<!-- CONTRIBUTING -->
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are **greatly appreciated**.
+
+If you have a suggestion to better our API, please fork the repo and create a pull request. Additionally, you can open an issue and offer advice.
+Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!
+
+1. Visit our Issues page to check if an issue exists and does not have an assignee.
+2. Fork the Project
+3. Change to your Feature Branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`)
+4. Commit your Changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`)
+5. Push to the Branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`)
+6. Open a Pull Request
+
+<p align="right">(<a href="#top">back to top</a>)</p>
+
+<!-- LICENSE -->
+
+## License
+
+Distributed under the MIT License. See <a href="https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/blob/main/LICENSE.md">`LICENSE.md`</a> for more information.
+
+<p align="right">(<a href="#top">back to top</a>)</p>
+
+<!-- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -->
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+- [@AlexisInTech](https://twitter.com/alexisintech)
+- [@AlysshaLewin](https://twitter.com/AlysshaLewin)
+- [@Asper_Jacob](https://twitter.com/asper_jacob)
+- [@BrianSchneeDev](https://twitter.com/BrianSchneeDev)
+- [@BytesByBianca](https://twitter.com/bytesbybianca)
+- [@DanaMiteCoder](https://twitter.com/danamitecoder)
+- [@Dev_Ethos](https://twitter.com/dev_ethos/)
+- [@ErikaTeal_](https://twitter.com/erikateal_)
+- [@JacobEGood](https://twitter.com/jacobegood)
+- [@MoraCodes](https://twitter.com/moracodes)
+
+<p align="right">(<a href="#top">back to top</a>)</p>
+
+<!-- MARKDOWN LINKS & IMAGES -->
+
+[contributors-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api.svg?style=for-the-badge
+[contributors-url]: https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/graphs/contributors
+[forks-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/forks/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api.svg?style=for-the-badge
+[forks-url]: https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/network/members
+[stars-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/stars/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api.svg?style=for-the-badge
+[stars-url]: https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/stargazers
+[issues-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/issues/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api.svg?style=for-the-badge
+[issues-url]: https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/issues
+[license-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/license/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api.svg?style=for-the-badge
+[license-url]: https://github.com/the-api-administration/coding-resources-api/blob/master/LICENSE.md

server.js

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ const express = require('express');
 const app = express();
 const cors = require('cors');
 const { resources } = require("./resources");
+const { response } = require('express');
+const e = require('express');
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8000;
 
 app.set('view engine', 'ejs')
@@ -31,15 +33,14 @@ app.get('/api/:keyword', (req, res) => {
 	// filter resources array, return items that match query; tag.
 	const matches = resources.filter((obj) => obj.keywords.some(str => str.includes(keyword)));
 
-	try {
-		// if matches were found respond with json
-		if (matches.length) {
-			res.json(matches);
-		} else {
-			throw new Error('No resources found.');
-		}
-	} catch(err) {
-		console.error(err);
+	// if matches were found, respond with matches array in JSON format
+	if (matches.length) {
+		res.json(matches);
+	} else {
+		// respond with status 404, no matches were found
+		res.status(404).json({
+			error: `No resources were found with the ${keyword} keyword.`
+		});
 	}
 });