Coavoid-web-app

Avoid the crowd whenever possible

Coavoid web app is a tool which enables the user to get informed about the amount crowd at a place beforehand. This project currently have:

• Daily crowd forcast for a place
• Forcast shows quiet and busy hours at a place

Get Started

• Fork and clone the repo and cd into the project directory
• run npm install to install the dependencies
• Obtain the API keys (mapbox)[https://www.mapbox.com/] and (best time app)[https://besttime.app/app]. Make sure to use best time app private API key
• create .env file in the root directory and add the folling code

MAPBOX_TOKEN=<your map box token here>
BEST_APP_KEY=<your best app private api key here>

• in the terminal run npm start to start the server
• go to localhost:3000 in your browser

Directions

• in the name input field in the home page enter the name of the venue
• in the address enter the complete address
• hit search

Dependencies

    "@mapbox/mapbox-sdk": "^0.12.1",
    "axios": "^0.21.1",
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "dotenv": "^9.0.0",
    "ejs": "^3.1.6",
    "ejs-mate": "^3.0.0",
    "express": "^4.17.1"

Other Info

This web app uses:

• (mapbox)[https://www.mapbox.com/] for maps
• (best time app)[https://besttime.app/app] for crowd/traffic data
• (bootstrap)[https://getbootstrap.com/] for styling