stock-data-api

A simple stock data API built with Node.js and Express.js

Description

A simple project to explore APIs, Express, API endpoints, middleware, and so on.

Technologies:

Node.js, Express.js, JavaScript, Cheerio

Specifications

• Create an Express Server to create an API
• Create Routes for others to interact & retrieve stock information
• Create middleware interceptor to authenticate routes
• Emulate HTTP network requests through REST client
• Use Cheerio to web scrape stock data

Instructions to run locally

1. Clone this repo (or download zip on GitHub)

2. Go to the directory the files are located

cd /stock-data-api

3. Install dependencies

npm install

4. Run in the terminal

npm run dev