cannonspears / welovemovies-server

An application that allows users to view movie information such as theaters, reviews, and reviewer information.

WeLoveMovies Backend Application

WeLoveMovies is an application that allows users to view movie information such as theaters, reviews, and reviewer information.

For the frontend, please visit this link.

Getting Started

To get started with this project, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine using git clone https://github.com/cannonspears/welovemovies-backend.git.
2. Navigate to the project directory using cd welovemovies-backend.
3. Install the required dependencies using npm install.
4. Start the development server using npm run start:dev or npm start.
5. Create a .env file and set DATABASE_URL = "" to your database url.
6. Run the knex migrations with npm knex migrate:latest
7. Seed your database with npm run seed

Running Tests

This project includes a set of tests that can be run using the command line. To run the tests, use the command npm test.

Project Takeaways

During the project, I gained several key takeaways, including:

• Creating and using common middleware packages
• Implementing error handlers for non-existent routes and incorrect requests
• Building an API following RESTful design principles
• Building and receiving requests through routes

Author

This project was created by Cannon Spears in association with Thinkful.