vanmars / martian_weather

A Martian weather app that uses NASA API.

Martian Weather

9 September 2020

A Martian weather app to practice calling APIs (for Epicodus)

By Ben Stoller and Vanessa Stewart

Description

This is a web project that allows users to obtain current weather conditions on Mars and views from the rover. The intent is to practice making API calls and using promises.

Setup/Installation Requirements

• Clone this project using the 'git clone' command in terminal/command line.
• Navigate to the cloned folder and run 'npm install' in your terminal to download all dependencies.
• Open the cloned folder in a text editor of your choice.
• Create an '.env' FILE in your project root directory.
• Register for an API key: Navigate to NASA's API generator page in your browser: https://api.nasa.gov/#signUp
• Register for a key, and copy the key NASA generates and place in your .env file.
• In your .env file, add your API Key using this template: "API_KEY=[Your API KEY]" (No brackets around the key.)
• When you are ready to view your project, run 'npm run start' in your terminal. This command will bundle your code and start a live server, which will open automatically in your browser.
• Have fun tinkering, you Martian Explorer!

Known Bugs

There are no known bugs at this time.

Technologies Used

• HTML5
• CSS/Bootstrap
• JavaScript/jQuery

License

Copyright (c) 2020 Ben Stoller and Vanessa Stewart

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.