ikassim9 / marvel-comics

This application fetches data from the marvel api and displays it to the user

API to display marvel characters and its related comics

This application will be used to fetch data from the marvel api. It will take user input and return the given character and comics that the character is present in. You can visit here to interact with the application.

Getting Started

You will first need to to get an API key from the marvel developer site. Create an account there. Navigate to my developer account tab and you should see your public key (api key) and your private key.

ENV file

Create an env file in the root directory of the project

apiKey="Your API KEY"
privateKey="Your Private Key"

Create a ignore file in root directory and add the following

node_modules/*
.env

Install dependencies

npm install

Run the application

# run server
npm run start

# run nodemon
npm run watch

(Go to localhost:3000)

Overview of the application

Empty State

Search for a character

Comics for the character

Character is not found

Learning takeaways

• How to set up a node js server
• Connecting the server to heroku
• Fetching data from server and sending response back to the client
• Parsing json response and displaying it to user