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Built a Simple Node.js Express API
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Built a Simple Node.js Express API

via Dev.to BeginnersMarie Otoo1mo ago

I decided to try my hand at API development and began with a beginner-friendly project. I built a simple API in a Node environment using Express. This API provided hands-on experience and practice in the field of backend development. In this simple project: An API was built with Node and Express The API returned JSON data To get started, I set up my code editor, VS Code, and made sure Node.js was installed. It can be checked by running in the terminal or bash: node -v npm -v or downloaded from: nodejs.org if not already installed. I continued by typing: npm init -y npm install express cors Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) makes the browser interact easily with the backend. Then confirm the dependencies in the folder in your chosen text editor or VS Code. Next, I created an index.js with the code below. To run the app: node index.js and open http://localhost:3000 in a browser to see the message, including the email and time. This app: Created a Node Express server Enabled CORS, cros

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