alexwkleung/NASA-APOD

Fetching data from NASA APOD API

NASA APOD

Fetching the APOD API data from NASA.

Local Setup

Clone the repository

git clone <SSH/HTTPS link>

Change directory

cd NASA-APOD

Create environent (.env) file

touch .env

Add port to .env file

echo PORT=3000 >> .env

#or manually type in port

PORT=3000

Install npm dependencies

npm install

Run build compilation step

npm run build

Run server

npm run server

API Key

You can use the demo key if you don't want to sign up for a developer key.

In index.ts, change

const api_key: string = config.API_KEY;

to

const api_key: string = 'DEMO_KEY';

Otherwise, create a key.ts file containing an object with your developer key. Note that this is unsafe, and it is preferred that you store it on the server-side using an environment (.env) file instead. If you are using this method, make sure to ignore the key.ts file in your .gitignore.

cd NASA-APOD/src/api

touch key.ts

//key.ts

const config = {
    API_KEY: 'your developer api key'
};

export default config;

Import your key in index.ts

import config from './key.js'