krtb / they-elect-backend

API for "They Elect" web app; find relevant information on who supplies U.S. political candidate donations.

They Elect Web App API

• Back-End API for They Elect app
• Makes calls to the OpenFEC API
• Currently hosted with: Heroku
• Front-End of application built with React, can be found here: They Elect

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

• TBA

Tech Stack

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