Northcoders News API

The northcoders news API is a web service that allows users to interact with articles, topics and other users through a series of GET, POST, DELETE and PATCH requests.

See it in action

Running locally

Requirements

Node: 7.0.1
Postgres: 16.4

Guide

1. Clone the project with git clone https://github.com/jeepies/be-nc-news.git
2. Move into the directory using cd be-nc-news
3. Install dependencies by running npm i
4. Create two .env files, .env and .env.test, at the root
   1. These environment files must contain a key called PGDATABASE. Refer to the example env
5. Run the script to setup databases npm run setup-dbs
6. Seed the databases using npm run seed
7. Run the server with npm start

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This portfolio project was created as part of a Digital Skills Bootcamp in Software Engineering provided by Northcoders