example.js

// THIS IS OUR SERVER CODE SNIPPET
// this is the api call on our express server
// it's job is to take a call from our frontend
// and call another api when it's called and return
// that data back to the frontend
router.get('/mycall', function(req,res,nex){
  request.get('http://someotherdomain.com/api/a/call/to/make', function(error, response, body){ 
    // notice the difference between res and response
    // now we respond back to our frontend with the
    // data from the other domain's api
    res.json(body) // send the data back to the frontend
  })
})







// THIS IS OUR FRONTEND CODE SNIPPET
axios.get('/mycall').then(function(resp){
  // now we have the api data we need to do stuff with
})