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<div class="content">

Next, let's connect the frontend we made in [part 2](/en/part2) to our own backend.
Next, let's connect the frontend we made in [part 2](/en/part2) to the Express backend we built in part 3a.

In the previous part, the frontend could ask for the list of notes from the json-server we had as a backend, from the address <http://localhost:3001/notes>.
Our backend has a slightly different URL structure now, as the notes can be found at <http://localhost:3001/api/notes>. Let's change the attribute __baseUrl__ in the frontend notes app at <i>src/services/notes.js</i> like so:
In part 2, the frontend fetched notes from json-server at http://localhost:3001/notes. The Express backend we built in this part has a slightly different URL structure — notes are now at http://localhost:3001/api/notes. Let's change the attribute __baseUrl__ in the frontend notes app at <i>src/services/notes.js</i> like so:

```js
import axios from 'axios'
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Some course participants have also used the following services:

- [Replit](https://replit.com)
- [Railway](https://railway.app)
- [CodeSandBox](https://codesandbox.io)

If you know easy-to-use and free services for hosting NodeJS, please let us know!
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