Query params are always an empty object

[derekryms]

I was going through the animal farm app part of the course and was able to get the endpoint running on localhost, but for whatever reason when I try to pass query params with "http://localhost:8080/?=bear", req.query is always an empty object so q is always undefined.

So I pulled down the repo, npm installed both front end and server, and still experiencing the exact same behavior. Any ideas? Nothing I've found on SO or here has solved my issues yet.

[derekryms]

I'm an idiot... I was missing the "q" in the url...

Should be "http://localhost:8080/?q=bear" and all is well.