An API that say's randomly nice things to you!

The world of the internet, can sometimes be a grim place, and very negative.

This project aims to combat that "trend".

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

What things you need to install the software and how to install them

npm
node

Installing

It's easy to install!

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/TheSinding/Randomly-nice 
cd randomly-nice

Run npm install / yarn install

npm install

Start the server

# Start development live-reload server
npm run dev

# Start production server:
npm start

Methods Quick

URIs relative to http://localhost:9000/api (Or where ever yours is), unless otherwise noted.

Method	Description	Arguments
GET Requests
GET /sentences	Returns all sentences in database as json
GET /sentences/:amount	Returns (amount) of random sentences as json	amount
GET /sentences/random	Returns a random sentence as json
POST Request
POST /sentences	Adds a new sentence if it's approved	JSON obj with array

Sentences

GET /sentences           # Returns all sentences in database as json

example response

 [
  {
    "_id": "58f22a8de62e1349dbc7b00b",
    "sentence": "You have kind eyes",
    "__v": 0,
    "topic": [
      null
    ]
  },
  { 
   ...
  }
]

GET /sentences/:amount  # Returns (amount) of random sentences as json

example response

[
  "You're more fun than bubble wrap.",
  "I appreciate all of your opinions."
]

GET /sentences/random  # Returns a random sentence as json

example response

[
  {
    "_id": "58f22b6a1e348d4a74ae30bc",
    "sentence": "You're spontaneous, and I love it!",
    "__v": 0,
    "topic": [
      null
    ]
  }
]

POST

The POST request, is checked against the AFINN 165 list. If it's approved it adds its to the database.

GET /sentences  # Adds a new sentence if it's approved

example request

{
  "sentences": [
    "You eyes are as beautiful as the sea itself",
    "You are an idiot"
    ]
}

example response

{
  "1": {
    "Sentence": "You eyes are as beautiful as the sea itself",
    "Score": {
      "score": 3,
      "comparative": 0.3333333333333333,
      "tokens": [
        "you",
        "eyes",
        "are",
        "as",
        "beautiful",
        "as",
        "the",
        "sea",
        "itself"
      ],
      "words": [
        "beautiful"
      ],
      "positive": [
        "beautiful"
      ],
      "negative": []
    },
    "accepted": true
  },
  "2": {
    "Sentence": "You are an idiot",
    "Score": {
      "score": -3,
      "comparative": -0.75,
      "tokens": [
        "you",
        "are",
        "an",
        "idiot"
      ],
      "words": [
        "idiot"
      ],
      "positive": [],
      "negative": [
        "idiot"
      ]
    },
    "accepted": false
  }
}

Built With

• Express Boiler Plate - ES6 Express boiler plate

Authors

• Simon Sinding - Initial work
• Peter Brink - Cosmetic work on the sample page

License

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