StackOverflow-lite

StackOverflow-lite is a question and answer application that provides users with the ability to ask questions and have other users answer the questions

DESCRIPTION

Stackoverflow-lite is a platform where people can ask questions and provide answers

Link to Stackoverflow-lite on Github Pages

Stackoverflow-lite

Link to Stackoverflow-lite API hosted on heroku

StackOverflow-Lite_api

Tools

• Text editor where we write our project files. (VScode)
• Python
• Flask Python Framework -Server-side framework
• Pytest - a Python Testing Framework
• Pylint - a Python linting library
• Postman -Application to test and consume endpoints
• PEP8 - Style guide

Routes captured by Stackoverflow-lite

REQUEST	ROUTE	FUNCTIONALITY
GET	/api/v1/questions/	Fetches all questions
POST	/api/v1/questions/	Posts a question
GET	/api/v1/questions/< questionId>	Fetches a specific question
POST	/api/v1/questions/< question_id>/answer/	Post an answer to a question
POST	/api/v1/questions/< question_id>/< answer_id>/comment	Post a comment to answer
POST	/api/v1/questions/< question_id>/< answer_id>/upvote	Upvote answer
POST	/api/v1/questions/< question_id>/< answer_id>/downvote	Downvote answer

BUIT WITH

• Flask-Python

HOW TO RUN THE APPLICATION

SETING UP THE ENVIRONMENT

1. Clone this repository to your local PC

   git clone https://github.com/Toskgreg/StackOverflow-Lite_api.git

2. Create a virtual environment to run application specific dependencies

   $ virtualenv venv $ source venv/bin/activate $ pip install flask

RUN THE APP

1. To run the app

   python run.py

2. To run tests pytest tests/test.py

Author

Toskin Gregory