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+# rap-names-api
+This is a simple api that allows you to make a request to the server, and it respoonds with the rappers birth name.
+
+**Link to project:** https://github.com/100devs/rap-names-api
+
+![Image of website](https://i.ibb.co/pwRYPTh/Document.png)
+
+## How It's Made:
+
+**Tech used:** HTML, JavaScript, Node.js, Express
+
+This is a simple API that showcases the power of Express and how it simplifies creating a server and the interaction between servers and the files they serve. 
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+
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+## Lessons Learned:
+
+How useful Express is, and how much easier it makes life while coding on the backend, as well as an appreciation for how creating a server used to be done.  
+