This is a simple microservice that talks to the Uber API. All it does is implement a call to uber to check for prices. Prices shown use DTLA as a starting point.
- node version greater than 6
- uber credentials set as environment variables
jqinstalled, but only if you want curl requests to be nice. It can be installed through homebrew, if you have it installed.
You need to first get your own uber credentials by logging into the uber developer portal. Once you have an account, you need to create an app, and get your credentials. Uber will provide you with a CLIENT_ID, SERVER_TOKEN, and SECRET. Please do not share or save these values in git.
Once you have that, you need to setup the project on your computer. Depending on your package manager of choice (npm, yarn), use the respective command.
- git clone git@github.com:sogoiii/restify-example.git
- cd restify-example
npm installoryarn install
To set your environment variables, you need to enter the following in the command line. Lets image the credentials provided were a, b, c.
export CLIENT_ID=aexport SERVER_TOKEN=bexport SECRET=c
Now you can start the project by running one of the following.
npm startoryarn start
If everything is working as expected, the terminal should output Welcome to the simple Restify example using the Uber API! Running on port 8080.
Below are ways you can git the api. You can use an application like paw, Postman, curl, or the browser. Postman is very similar to paw, but not setup in this example.
In the project, I setup a paw project that will call the endpoint with a success case and a failure case. Just open the uber.paw file within paw and run the endpoints.
Open a new terminal and enter the following curl 'http://localhost:8080/getpriceto/ucla'
Open a new terminal and enter the following curl 'http://localhost:8080/getpriceto/ucla' | jq .