marcusziade/goscrapequotes

Backend service that provides quotes

Go Quotes Scraper API 🚀

This API scrapes quotes from quotes.toscrape.com and returns them in JSON format.

Prerequisites

• Go
• Docker

Getting Started

Running locally

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/marcusziade/goscrapequotes.git
cd goscrapequotes

2. Download Go dependencies:

go mod download

3. Run the application:

go run .

Visit http://localhost:8080/quotes in your browser or using tools like Postman to see the scraped quotes.

Running with Docker

1. Build the Docker image:

docker build -t goscrapequotes .

2. Run the Docker container:

docker run -p 8080:8080 goscrapequotes

Visit http://localhost:8080/quotes to access the API.

Testing

Run the tests using the command:

go test

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or fix.
3. Write your code and tests.
4. Open a pull request against the master branch.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.