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[Creator name] · Lesson 4 · Add a health check to your API
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student@lab:~/api$ npm test
✓ GET /health returns 200
student@lab:~/api$ curl -s localhost:3000/health
{"status":"ok"}
student@lab:~/api$

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[Creator name] · Lesson 4 · Add a health check to your API
student@lab
student@lab:~/api$ npm test
✓ GET /health returns 200
student@lab:~/api$ curl -s localhost:3000/health
{"status":"ok"}
student@lab:~/api$

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