krtb / infome-backend

API for "InfoMe" web app; track bill life cycle in U.S. congress and responsible representatives

InfoMe Web App API

• Back-End for InfoMe app
• Makes calls to ProPublica Api
• Currently hosted with: Heroku
• Front-End of app built with React can be found here: infome-frontend

Prerequisites prior to installation

• Have NPM installed
  • Version: 6.11.2
• Have Ruby installed
  • Version: 2.6.4
• Have Ruby On Rails installed
  • Version: gem 'rails', '~> 5.2.0'
• Have PostgreSql installed
  • Version: gem 'pg', '~> 0.18.4'
• Herkoku CLI

Setup

1. cd int project
2. bundle install
3. rails db:migrate

Relational Database Management, Schema Overview

• Bills
• User_Bills
• Users

Tech Stack

• Database
  • PostgreSql
• Framework
  • Rails
• Back-End Language, Object-Oriented
  • Ruby

Tools

• HTTPIE

  HTTPie (pronounced aitch-tee-tee-pie) is a command line HTTP client. Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible. It provides a simple http command that allows for sending arbitrary HTTP requests using a simple and natural syntax, and displays colorized output. HTTPie can be used for testing, debugging, and generally interacting with HTTP servers.