From e0bf2ca8bcfce83fde31b9218d77c252677dfd6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bo7owers <74225602+bo7owers@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:37:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] mock db uisng database.json

---
 src/app/page.js             |  8 ++++++++
 src/database.json           |  1 +
 src/helpers/file-helpers.js | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/database.json
 create mode 100644 src/helpers/file-helpers.js

diff --git a/src/app/page.js b/src/app/page.js
index f14866a..3bf1c79 100644
--- a/src/app/page.js
+++ b/src/app/page.js
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { readFile, writeFile } from '../helpers/file-helpers.js';
 
+const DATABASE_PATH = '/src/database.json';
 function Home() {
+  let { hits } = JSON.parse(readFile(DATABASE_PATH));
+
+  hits += 1;
+
+  writeFile(DATABASE_PATH, JSON.stringify({hits}))
   return (
     <>
       <main>
         <h1>Hello Next!</h1>
+        <p>You are visitor number {hits}</p>
       </main>
     </>
   );
diff --git a/src/database.json b/src/database.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d347770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"hits":9}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/helpers/file-helpers.js b/src/helpers/file-helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca6f1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/file-helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+
+export function readFile(localPath) {
+  return fs.readFileSync(
+    path.join(process.cwd(), localPath),
+    'utf8'
+  );
+}
+
+export function writeFile(localPath, content) {
+  return fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(process.cwd(), localPath),
+    content,
+    { encoding: 'utf8' }
+  );
+}
-- 
2.51.2