# NEWBIE - Could not find a service for

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/newbie-could-not-find-a-service-for/4907>\
**Category:** REST API\
**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/newbie-could-not-find-a-service-for/4907 "2019-05-02T09:15:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sandi\_Truthluvver](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.dreamfactory.com/sandi_truthluvver/32/1261_2.png) [@Sandi\_Truthluvver](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/Sandi_Truthluvver)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/newbie-could-not-find-a-service-for/4907/1 "2019-05-02T09:15:56Z")

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I am new… and have much to learn. So I originally had been working on DREAMFACTORY (DF) in 2017, and managed to get DreamFactory’s Javascript Address Book sample app working fine.

Sidetracked - and just came back to DF after 2 years of not using it. I forgot alot, and need to re-learn alot, plus some of the DF GUI has changed. So my first usage after 2 years is to import the same sample app from Github. I used my old notes to do the configuring/setting up. I am trying to run the app from the DF Instance. So, I go to run the app from the APPS tab, and I keep getting this error:  
Could not find a service for

So I spent at least an hour searching this form and Google for solutions. It seemed I should try to add the following header to my http requests and see if it helps? ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’

But gee whiz how to do that? Searched longer and found that out but couldn’t figure out the proper base\_url.

IN SUMMARY — THIS WAS NOT MY SOLUTION.

MY SIMPLE NEWBIE SOLUTION WAS …

… Fix the PATH TO APPLICATION.  
to do this…  
\_\_\_\_ CLICK to open my APP in the apps tab.  
\_\_\_\_ copy the part of the URL following the ip address or “localhost” or domain name -  
for me the whole URL is…  
[http://127.0.0.1/files/jscript\_sample\_april\_2019/add\_javascript/index.html](http://127.0.0.1/files/jscript_sample_april_2019/add_javascript/index.html)  
\_\_\_\_ in the field PATH TO APPLICATION, paste in this:  
files/jscript\_sample\_april\_2019/add\_javascript/index.html

Now try to run and hopefully it will work!
