Over the next 2 weeks, you'll be building a React App that works with various APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that talk to different data sources to do cool stuff.
We're using the OpenWeather API to get weather data on different cities. Your challenge over the next 2 weeks is to build out this website and add even more functionality to it. At the moment, it displays basic information about a location when you type it in. Check out Issues for some more ideas!
You'll need to get your own API Key from their website (for free) and add it as an environment variable in a .env file. We have a template available as example.env.
You'll be using React initially to build this. If you're new to React, check out the website for some information on getting started!
- Install Node.JS and NPM if you haven't already.
- Clone this repository.
- Install the yarn package manager with
npm install --global yarn - Install dependencies with
yarn install - Add your API key to the
.envfile. You can generate your API key from here. - Run the app with
yarn start.
To get the Spotify API keys:
- Visit Spotify Developer Dashboard
- Login/Sign up for an account
- Create an application
- Name it whatever you like and add a description
- In the App overview, you should see the client id and the client secret(Toggle the
show client secret). Copy these 2 values to your.envfile using the format shown in theexample.envfile You should now be able to make API calls.