Gargamelism / twitter-alt

backend to retrieve tweets and tweet comments

twitter-alt

backend to retrieve tweets and tweet comments

Retrieve tweets

• GET /public-tweets/:tweet-id - Returns tweet details of tweet-id.
• GET /public-tweets/:tweet-id/comments - Returns tweet comments of tweet-id.

DB Configuration

This server uses PostgreSQL

.env file

Add connection details to .env file in project root:

DB_HOST=dbhost
DB_USER=dbuser
DB_PASSWORD=dbpassword
DB_NAME=dbname
DB_PORT=dbport

Filling the right side with the relevant information.

Table Schema

table name public_tweet

id: int4 (sequence, UNIQUE),
updated_at: timestamptz,
created_at: timestamptz,
tweet_id: varchar (UNIQUE),
user_id: varchar,
tweet_created_at: varchar,
full_text: varchar,
retweet_count: int4,
favorite_count: int4,
reply_count: int4,
quote_count: int4,
user_name: varchar,
reply_to_tweet_id: varchar,

Run server

After DB was configured as above:

• Run server - npm start
• Run dev server - npm run dev