The latest articles on DEV Community by Emmanuel Olarewaju (@emmaatom00). https://dev.to/emmaatom00 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3571618%2Fc8fa105b-4d3d-4f79-82da-4f85912766b0.jpeg https://dev.to/emmaatom00 en Emmanuel Olarewaju Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:46:47 +0000 https://dev.to/emmaatom00/backend-wizards-stage-0-dynamic-profile-api-439m https://dev.to/emmaatom00/backend-wizards-stage-0-dynamic-profile-api-439m <p>I just completed Stage 0 of the Backend Wizards track! 🚀</p> <p>I built a simple REST API using Node.js/Express that returns my profile data along with a random cat fact 🐱 from an external API.</p> <ul> <li>Fetches real-time data</li> <li>Returns current UTC timestamp</li> <li>Handles API failures gracefully</li> <li>Deployed on Railway</li> </ul> <p>Live API: <a href="https://backend-wizards-profile-production.up.railway.app/me" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://backend-wizards-profile-production.up.railway.app/me</a></p> <p>GitHub Repo: <a href="https://github.com/EmmaAtom00/Backend-Wizards-Profile" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/EmmaAtom00/Backend-Wizards-Profile</a></p> <p>This task taught me how to:</p> <ul> <li>Work with external APIs using Axios</li> <li>Handle errors gracefully</li> <li>Format consistent JSON responses</li> <li>Deploy to production using Railway</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fnbf6hdqd1573oojhwk5d.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fnbf6hdqd1573oojhwk5d.png" alt=" " width="800" height="455"></a></p> webdev backend node express