text: //including the usage of Express so my code may function properly
  import Express from "express";
  //including the usage of fs so my code may incorporate database.json properly
  import fs from "fs";
  //creating a variable named App with the value of a function named Express which will use what is imported above
  const App = Express(); 
  //creating a port and defining the port number the server will be run on as 3010
  const port = 3010; 
  //creating a variable named fileContents which will allow my code to read the contents of database.json
  let fileContents = fs.readFileSync("database.json");
  //creating a varaible named database that will allow the fileContents from the line above to be written in json on the server
  let database = JSON.parse(fileContents);
  //stating for Express which is being called App to obtain the url ending in /employees/:name with name being a name from our database file
  App.get('/employees/:name', (req, res) => {
    //creating a variable named result the value of our error code
    let result = {"error": "not found"};
    //stating that for each value from our database file if the request within our url path matches the value of a name 
    database.forEach((value) => {
      if(req.params.name == value.name) {
        //then result will equal the value of the name 
        result = value;
      }
    });
    //our response to the server will be written in json and will be our result
    res.json(result);
  })
  //stating for Express which is being called App to obtain the url ending in /ages/:number with number being an age from our database file
  App.get('/ages/:number', (req,res) => {
    //creating a variable named result the value of our error code 
    let result = {"error": "not found"};
    //stating that for each value from our database file 
    database.forEach((value) => {
      //if the request within our url path matches the value of an age from our databse
      if(req.params.number == value.age) {
        //then result will equal the value of an age of an employee
        result = value;
      }
    });
  //our response to the server will be written in json and will be our result
    res.json(result);
  })
  //tells Express which is being called App to listen on the port the we defined on line 8 
  App.listen(port, () => {
    //once the server is running this console log will print in the terminal stating our server is running
    console.log("Server running!");
  })