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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!')
+});