API for Random Facts

This API allows users to retrieve random facts from a list of pre-defined facts. There are several endpoints available for accessing different types of facts.

Dependencies

This API uses the following dependencies:

• express for creating the API server
• express-rate-limit for rate limiting the API
• node-schedule for scheduling tasks
• cors for allowing cross-origin requests

Endpoints

The following endpoints are available for retrieving facts:

• GET /fact returns a random fact from the list
• GET /fact/reqs returns the number of requests made to the API
• GET /fact/specify/:number returns the fact at the specified index in the list
• GET /fact/specify/count/:number returns the specified number of facts, starting from the beginning of the list
• GET /fact/specify/count/random/:number returns the specified number of random facts
• GET /fact/hourly returns a random fact, selected every hour
• GET /fact/app returns a random fact for use in an app
• GET /fact/hourly/app returns a random fact for use in an app, selected every hour

Development

To set up the development environment, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine
2. Run npm install to install the dependencies
3. Start the API server by running node index.js
4. The API will be running at http://localhost:3000

Notes

• The /fact/app and /fact/hourly/app endpoints log the time that the fact was accessed in the console
• The /fact/hourly and /fact/hourly/app endpoints use a scheduling function to select a new fact at midnight every day
• The API is rate limited to 100 requests per 15 minutes for all endpoints