Node, Mongoose, Redux: GET request failure - node.js

Question

I am trying to make the following get request, which is intended to simply return documents from a collection. Once I get the data, it should flow through a reducer into the redux state object. But the get request fails.
var QuestionModel = require('./src/models/fv-questionModel')
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/FVDB')
var app = express();
app.use(compression())
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8080);
app.get('/api/recent', (request, response) => {
if (error) {
console.log(error)
}
// Get documents and perform callback on recentQuestions data
QuestionModel.find((error, recentQuestions) => {
if (error) {
response.send('unable to retrieve data')
} else {
response.json(recentQuestions)
}
})
})
this request was working until I changed the structure of the data in the collection. Here is my current mongoose schema:
const questionSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
title: String,
options: [{ oid: Number, choice: { name: String, count: Number } }],
qid: Number,
})
const QuestionModel = mongoose.model('Question', questionSchema, 'questionBank')
module.exports = QuestionModel
The previous schema:
const questionSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
title: String,
options: Array,
qid: Number,
})
Here is the Redux action that makes the GET request:
export function recentQuestions() {
let recentQs = axios.get('/api/recent')
return {
type: 'GET_RECENT',
payload: recentQs,
}
}
And the reducer to handle that data:
export default function(state = null, action) {
switch (action.type) {
case 'GET_RECENT':
return action.payload.data
}
return state
}
But when the GET request is made, it returns a '404: Not Found' error. When I navigate my browser to localhost:8080/api/recent I get the message 'cannot GET /api/recent'. The express server itself is working.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why this request is no longer working. I know there are other questions about failed GET requests but none seem to pertain to this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.