/nasa-apod-screensaver-crud

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NASA APOD Screensaver

Plain HTML / CSS / JavaScript screensaver using images from NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Installation instructions

  1. Run npm install
  2. Register for an API key for NASA APOD and create apod_key.js in root directory
module.exports = [API KEY];
  1. Create database in PostgreSQL and create db_config.js with database credentials
module.exports = {
  database: [DATABASE],
  user: [DB_USER],
  password: [DB_PASSWORD]
};
  1. Execute commands from apod.sql on database

Usage instructions

# Run application
npm start
# Run application using Nodemon
npm run watch
Navigate to /api/pictures/load to pre-populate database
Navigate to / to view screensaver

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