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.gitignore

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+.DS_Store
+node_modules

Procfile

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+web: node app.js

README.md

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+## Deploying a Back-end with Heroku
+Hello! This GitHub repo is intended to be used with the article [Deploying a Back-end with Heroku
+](https://www.codecademy.com/articles/deploying-a-back-end-with-heroku)
+
+Make sure to follow the steps as outlined in the article to see how to use Heroku for your deployment needs!
+
+You're free to make changes on your own branch, but for the sake of consistency, we will not be merging any external pull requests. Thank you and happy coding!

app.js

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+const express = require('express'); // import express module (simplifies routing/requests, among other things)
+const app = express(); // create an instance of the express module (app is the conventional variable name used)
+const fetch = require('node-fetch'); // import node-fetch (enables the fetch API to be used server-side)
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5000; // use either the host env var port (PORT) provided by Heroku or the local port (5000) on your machine
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => { // send a get request to root directory ('/' is this file (app.js))
+  fetch('https://www.boredapi.com/api/activity') // fetch activity from bored API - https://www.boredapi.com/about
+    .then(res => res.json()) // return a promise containing the response
+    .then(json => res.send(`<h1>Today's Activity: ${json.activity}!</h1>`)) // extract the JSON body content from the response (specifically the activity value) and sends it to the client
+    .catch(function(err){ // catch any errors
+      console.log(err); // log errors to the console
+    })
+})
+
+app.listen(PORT, () => { // start server and listen on specified port
+  console.log(`App is running on ${PORT}`) // confirm server is running and log port to the console
+})