our-solar-system

Our Solar System is a back-end application that provides information about the planets and their respective moons in our solar system. This simple and educational app serves as the foundation for building a full-stack application with a front-end interface to display celestial data to users

Features

• Data about planets and their moons
• Separate JSON files for planets and moons
• Node.js-based back-end for serving data

Getting Started

To get started with the "Our Solar System" back-end app, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

• Node.js installed on your system.

Installation:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/our-solar-system-backend.git
   

2. Install the required dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Start the back-end server:

   npm start
   

4. Start the front-end server:

   cd into the client-side folder
   

   npm run dev
   

** You will need to create a .env file in the config folder to store your PORT and DB_STRING

The server will be running at http://localhost:5500.

Usage

The app provides API endpoints to access information about planets and their moons. You can make HTTP requests to these endpoints to retrieve data in JSON format.

API Endpoints

• planets.json: Contains information about each planet in our solar system with a reference to their respective moons.
• moons.json: Contains information about the moons orbiting each planet.

Feel free to expand the data or modify it to include additional information as needed.