diff --git a/backend/routes/api.js b/backend/routes/api.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e61d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/routes/api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { Router } from "express";
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+
+const router = Router();
+dotenv.config();
+
+router.get("/fetchWeather", async (req, res) => {
+ const city = req.query.city;
+ const units = req.query.units;
+ const apiKey = process.env.API_KEY;
+
+ try {
+ const locationResponse = await fetch(
+ `https://api.openweathermap.org/geo/1.0/direct?q=${city}&appid=${apiKey}`
+ );
+ if (!locationResponse.ok) {
+ return res.status(404).json({
+ error: "Error fetching location data. (Error: x32)",
+ success: "false",
+ data: null,
+ });
+ }
+ const location = await locationResponse.json();
+ if (!location || !location[0]) {
+ return res.status(404).json({
+ error: "Location not found.",
+ success: "false",
+ data: null,
+ });
+ }
+
+ const lat = location[0].lat;
+ const lon = location[0].lon;
+
+ const weatherResponse = await fetch(
+ `https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=${lat}&lon=${lon}&appid=${apiKey}&units=${units}`
+ );
+
+ if (!weatherResponse.ok) {
+ return res.status(500).json({
+ error: "Unexpected error! (Error: x33)",
+ success: "false",
+ data: null,
+ });
+ }
+
+ const weather = await weatherResponse.json();
+
+ res.status(200).json({
+ error: "false",
+ success: "Weather data fetched successfully!",
+ data: weather,
+ });
+ } catch (err) {
+ res.status(500).json({
+ error: "Server error",
+ success: "false",
+ data: null,
+ });
+ }
+});
+
+export default router;
diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 1484b05..a50e483 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
import express from "express";
import cors from "cors";
-import env from "dotenv";
-env.config();
+import apiRouter from "./routes/api.js";
+
const app = express();
const port = 7001;
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.set("view engine", "ejs");
app.use(express.json());
+app.use("/api", apiRouter);
+
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
res.render("index.ejs", { title: port });
});
diff --git a/backend/views/index.ejs b/backend/views/index.ejs
index 96ced98..6d616c7 100644
--- a/backend/views/index.ejs
+++ b/backend/views/index.ejs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-
-
-
+
+
+
Backend | <%= title %>
-
-
- You have reached the backend views index page.
-
-
\ No newline at end of file
+
+
+ You have reached the backend views index page!
+ Currently, there is nothing to display!
+
+