boiler

Overview

Boiler is an app that makes it easier for a user to find the restaurants in their area that serve seafood.

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Database

We used a MySQL relational database. This allowed us to utilize joining tables to keep track of user details regarding their favorite restaurants.

Server

We used Node.JS Express for our server. (version 14 and up)

Authentication

Our authentication was done using Google OAuth2. We have a google strategy set up so users must log in with their google account. Once logged in, the user has access to the whole site.

APIS

We used three external APIs for this project:

1. Yelp Fusion API - This allowed us to search for restaurants in the category 'Seafood' by location.

2. Accuweather API - This allowed us to get a 5 day forecast based on the city location.

3. Google OAuth2 - This allows us to use Google's OAuth2 feature to authenticate our users with a Google account.

Styling

We used MaterialUI and emotion-react for our styling.

Framework

The framework we used was React with React hooks.

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Getting Started

In the boiler/boiler/config directory, make a file named `keys.js'. This file needs the following info with your keys added like below:

module.exports = {
  api: {
    accuweather: 'KEY',
  },
  yelp: {
    clientID: 'ID',
    APIkey: 'KEY'
  },
  googleOAuth: {
    APIkey: 'KEY'
  },
};

Start Up Scripts

Inside of the boiler/boiler directory run the following scripts:

• npm install to install all dependencies
• npm run build:client-dev to run webpack
• npm start to start the server on port 3000 and initialize the database.