Request Header Parser Microservice - freeCodeCamp APIs and Microservices Project Tutorial

This is a full walkthrough for the Request Header Parser Microservice project on freeCodeCamp. We can set up a GET route for our API endpoint with a middleware function. From this we can capture the IP address, Language and User Agent from the request and return this to the user as a JSON response.

Link to Project : https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/apis-and-microservices/apis-and-microservices-projects/request-header-parser-microservice Written Guide and Source Code : https://www.notion.so/ganeshh123/Request-Header-Parser-Microservice-fd4f86cc5ebe4fba84f5dcc764076afe

Timestamps: 00:00 - Project Setup 01:35 - Setting up the Route 03:12 - Test 1 - Your IP address should be returned in the ipaddress key 05:16 - Test 2 - Your preferred language should be returned in the language key 06:54 - Test 3 - Your software should be returned in the software key

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