README.md

NC News Back-End

Built with ❤️ by DavidMass

This is the back-end repository for the NC News project. It provides a RESTful API for the nc-news-fe (front-end) application.

Key Features

• Filter articles by category.
• Vote on articles.
• Post comments.
• Delete comments.
• Vote on comments.

Setup

1. Clone this repository.
2. Install the necessary dependencies by running npm install.
3. Set up the required environment variables in .env files.
4. Run npm run setup-dbs to set up the databases.
5. Run npm run seed to seed the databases.

Environment Variables

Create two .env files:

• .env.test
• .env.development

Add the following to each file:

PGDATABASE=<database_name_here>

Replace <database_name_here> with the appropriate database names:

• nc_news_test
• nc_news

Testing

Run npm test to run the tests and ensure everything is functioning correctly.