some progress

api/routes/projects.js

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+{
+    projects: [
+        {
+            id: -1,
+            title: 'Template Project',
+            description_short: 'This is a template project.',
+            description: 'This is a template project. It\'s goals are to provide a template for future projects.',
+            technologies: ['A list of technologies used, not languages'],
+            languages: ['A list of languages used, not technologies'],
+            versions: ['A list of versions if not on github or modrinth'],
+            latest_release: 'The latest release if not on github or modrinth',
+            topics: ['A list of topics if not on github'],
+            platforms: ['A list of platforms if not on github', 'github', 'modrinth', 'curseforge', 'website'],
+            os: ['A list of operating systems if not on github', 'windows', 'linux', 'macos', 'android', 'ios'],
+            bg_image: 'https://link.to.image',
+            icon_image: 'https://link.to.image',
+            github: 'https://link.to.github/repo',
+            home: 'https://link.to.home.page',
+            status: 'Release',
+        },
+        {
+            id: 0,
+            title: 'Website V1',
+            description_short: 'My first attempt at a website.',
+            description: 'My first attempt at a website. It\'s goals were to list the projects I\'ve worked on and provide a way to contact me.',
+            technologies: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript'],
+            image: 'https://via.placeholder.com/150',
+            github: 'https://github.com/J-onasJones/J-onasJones.github.io/',
+            live: '',
+        },
+        {
+            id: 1,
+            title: 'Project Two',
+            description: 'This is the second project',
+            technologies: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript'],
+            image: 'https://via.placeholder.com/150',
+            github: '',
+            live: '',
+        }
+    ]
+}

api/routes/routes.js

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+import express from 'express';
+const app = express();
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+    res.send('Welcome to the jonas_jones-api!')
+});
+
+app.get('/projects', (req, res) => {
+    const keyword = req.query.keyword;
+    const version = req.query.version;
+    const platform = req.query.platform;
+    const topic = req.query.topic;
+    return res.status(200).json({
+        success: true,
+        projects: {
+            keyword: keyword,
+            version: version,
+            platform: platform,
+            topic: topic,
+        }
+    })
+    
+
+});
+app.listen(8000, () => {
+    console.log('api listening on port 8000!')
+});