Newsflash

A site for collecting news, weather, and business data of selected cities.

By Vera Weikel, Jordan Safford, Misaki Koonce, Zach Krogh

Description

This website is designed to practice calling api's. When a user inputs the name of a major city, the program will return information about that city. Specifically it will return news stories, business information, weather information, and a map containing the city.

Setup/Installation Requirements

Download all files into the same directory and run "npm install" in the terminal from the project directory
Then run "npm run build" in the terminal from the project directory
Open the index.html file in the "dist" directory
Alternatively, run "npm run start" instead of "npm run build" and a browser window will open

Project Specifications

Users are able to input the name of a major city.
The program will display news stories about the selected city.
The program will display business information about the selected city.
The program will display weather information about the selected city.
The program will display a map containing the selected city.

Support and contact details

contact: zakrogh@gmail.com

Work Distribution

Zach:
- Geo Locator API
- Bing News API
- Windy Maps API
- Here Maps API
Misaki:
- Yelp API
- Pixabay API
Vera:
- Repository/Prj Manager
- Testing (Jasmine/Karma)
- Open Weather API
Jordan:
- HTML
- CSS

Technologies Used

HTML, CSS with Bootstrap, JavaScript with JQuery API's used:

geolocator: https://opencagedata.com/
bing news: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/bing-news-search-api/
windy map: https://api4.windy.com/
here maps: https://developer.here.com/
yelp: https://www.yelp.com/fusion
pixabay: https://pixabay.com/
open weather: https://openweathermap.org/

License

MIT License

QuietEvolver/newsflash