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								title: Accessing the Database from Your Front End
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								You must have noticed in **main.controller.js** how _things_ were retrieved from the database and displayed:
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								    $http.get('/api/things').success(function(awesomeThings){  
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								        $scope.awesomeThings = awesomeThings;  
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								    });
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								What this does is call the api with a "get" request, which is then routed by **/server/api/things/index.js** to the _exports.index_ function in **things.controller.js**. You'll also notice in **main.controller.js** that there are included examples of _$http.post_ and _$http.delete_ functions too! How nice!
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