chunhoong / marvel-characters-api

Marvel Characters API

Marvel Characters API (MCA), powered by official Marvel Comics API.

Prerequisite

• NodeJS
• Docker
• Marvel Comics API developer account

Getting started

1. Provision local redis using docker-compose:

   docker-compose up -d

2. Install the project dependencies:

   npm install

3. MCA can be configured by using .env file. However, .env is not committed into version control system. Yet you can create yours by using .env-sample as reference.

4. Now you may start your development server by running:

   npm start

Generate a production build

MCA is packaged into a Docker image for production:

docker build -t mca:latest .