Kohai - REST API Backend

A simple REST API backend server built with Deno and Hono.

Kohai is a web application that enables users to associate descriptive words with video games, creating a crowdsourced tagging system. Users can view aggregated popular tags for each piece of media, providing an organic, community-driven description system.

Technologies Used

• Deno - Modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Hono - Small, fast framework for the web.
• Valibot - TypeScript-first schema description language and data validator.
• MongoDB - NoSQL database.

How to Run

1. Ensure Deno is installed: If you haven't already, install Deno.
2. Ensure Docker & Docker Compose are installed: If you haven't already, install Docker.
3. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/Vaalley/kohai.git and cd kohai.
4. Ensure your .env file is set up: Copy the .env.example file to .env and update the values as needed.
5. Run MongoDB: Start the MongoDB container using docker compose up -d.
6. Run the server: Execute the following command in your terminal: deno task dev