Simple API Call not working
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Japanese Bobtail posted this in #help-forum
Japanese BobtailOP
Hello. I am trying to make the simplest API Call, but I am getting a 404 error and I have no idea why. I lifted this code directly off he next.js website. This is the hello.js file and my file strucuture:
// hello.js
export default function handler(req, res) {
res.status(200).json({ text: 'Hello' });
}
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Japanese BobtailOP
And this is my file structure:
it needs to be /pages/api/hello/route.js
also...
in your app folder should only be the routes
so u dont need the pages directory
only have app/api/hello/route.js
Japanese BobtailOP
it still did not work :/
ahh okay
this is just how the installiation set it up
i have my page files inside the app folder now. where would i put them ?
nowhere
your layout.tsx and page.tsx belongs in the app folder
Japanese BobtailOP
okay yes i have that
so that looks good now?
checkin and points are pages with a page.js file inside it
prisma and checking is a route?
Japanese BobtailOP
prisma is for the database so i think you can ignore that
check in is a route
Japanese BobtailOP
hmm now its giving me this
put globals into /styles
ur function should be named as a http method
check the docs
export async function GET(request: Request) {}Japanese BobtailOP
i am doing this in javascript so its giving me a syntax error
well obviously
remove the type
Japanese BobtailOP
im just confused why it isnt working because i directly copied this from here 😭
https://nextjs.org/learn-pages-router/basics/api-routes/creating-api-routes
https://nextjs.org/learn-pages-router/basics/api-routes/creating-api-routes
cause this is old as fuck
check this if u really dont now anything about full stack frameworks
also keep in mind that this is using next canary
otherwise, its really not that hard to read the docs
Japanese BobtailOP
👍
btw u can return json like this ->
btw u can return json like this ->
Response.json({ data })check the docs
everything is there
Japanese BobtailOP
finally got it, thank you so much 😭
i will do the course
no problem have fun
make sure to mark my answer as solution