Why this GET request is not working?

Question

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I am doing all this on codeanywhere

Answer 1

That should work. Unless..

Make sure you npm install express

Since your file is named app.js make sure in your package.json file it reads something like this.

Make sure main says app.js not index.js or server.js

{
  "name": "stack-test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "app.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.16.2"
  }
}

This will give you an err if something breaks.

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

var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.send("Hi there");
})


app.listen(port, (err) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(`Error: ${err}`);
  } else {
    console.log(`App running on port ${port}`);
  }
});