Northcoders News API

Link: https://be-news-api-h65m.onrender.com

An API for the purpose of accessing application data programmatically. The intention here is to mimic the building of a real world backend service (such as Reddit) which should provide this information to the front end architecture.

Requirements:

• Node.js v21.6.1
• Postgres v14.11

Installation

• Clone this repo. (For instructions on how to clone, click here.)

• Run npm i to install dependencies.

• Run npm setup-dbs to set up local database.

• Run npm run seed to seed local database.

• Run npm run test to run tests.

• Create .env.test and .env.development in the root of the folder. Into each, add PGDATABASE= nc_news_test and nc_news respectively.