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routes/lesson3.js

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// Converts a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius using a GET request and
// converts a Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit using a POST request.
//
// References:
//  https://www.mathsisfun.com/temperature-conversion.html
//  https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/JavaScript
//  https://stackabuse.com/get-query-strings-and-parameters-in-express-js/
//  https://flaviocopes.com/express-forms/
//  https://expressjs.com/en/guide/routing.html

const express = require('express')
const fs = require("fs");
const handlebars = require('handlebars');
const router = express.Router()

router.get("/", function (request, response) {
    let result = "";
    if (request.query.fahrenheit) {
        let fahrenheit = request.query.fahrenheit;
        let celsius = (fahrenheit - 32) * 5 / 9;
        result = fahrenheit + "° Fahrenheit is " +
            celsius + "° Celsius";
    }

    let source = fs.readFileSync("./templates/lesson3.html");
    let template = handlebars.compile(source.toString());
    let data = {
        fahrenheit: result,
        celsius: ""
    }
    result = template(data);
    response.send(result);
});

router.post("/", function (request, response) {
    let result = "";

    if (request.body.celsius) {
        let celsius = request.body.celsius;
        let fahrenheit = celsius * 9 / 5 + 32;
        result = celsius + "° Celsius is " +
            fahrenheit + "° Fahrenheit";
    }

    let source = fs.readFileSync("./templates/lesson3.html");
    let template = handlebars.compile(source.toString());
    let data = {
        fahrenheit: "",
        celsius: result
    }
    result = template(data);
    response.send(result);
});

module.exports = router;

templates/lesson3.html

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Lesson 3</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
    <style>
        p {
            min-height: 1em;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  <body>
    <form method="GET">
        <p>
            <label for="fahrenheit">Enter Fahrenheit temperature:</label>
            <input type="text" id="fahrenheit" name="fahrenheit">
            <input type="submit" value="Submit">
        </p>
        <p>
            <output>{{fahrenheit}}</output>
        </p>
    </form>
    <form method="POST">
        <p>
            <label for="celsius">Enter Celsius temperature:</label>
            <input type="text" id="celsius" name="celsius">
            <input type="submit" value="Submit">
        </p>
        <p>
            <output>{{celsius}}</output>
        </p>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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See Server-Side Scripting/Routes and Templates/Node.js (Express) to create a test environment.

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