Newsflash

A site for collecting news, weather, and business data of selected cities.

By Vera Weikel, Jordan Safford, Misaki Koonce, Zach Krogh

Description

This website is designed to practice calling api's. When a user inputs the name of a major city, the program will return information about that city. Specifically it will return news stories, business information, weather information, and a map containing the city.

Setup/Installation Requirements

• Download all files into the same directory and run "npm install" in the terminal from the project directory
• Then run "npm run build" in the terminal from the project directory
• Open the index.html file in the "dist" directory
• Alternatively, run "npm run start" instead of "npm run build" and a browser window will open

Project Specifications

• Users are able to input the name of a major city.
• The program will display news stories about the selected city.
• The program will display business information about the selected city.
• The program will display weather information about the selected city.
• The program will display a map containing the selected city.

Support and contact details

contact: [email protected]

Work Distribution

• Zach:
  • Geo Locator API
  • Bing News API
  • Windy Maps API
  • Here Maps API
• Misaki:
  • Yelp API
  • Pixabay API
• Vera:
  • Repository/Prj Manager
  • Testing (Jasmine/Karma)
  • Open Weather API
• Jordan:
  • HTML
  • CSS

Technologies Used

HTML, CSS with Bootstrap, JavaScript with JQuery API's used:

• geolocator: https://opencagedata.com/
• bing news: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/bing-news-search-api/
• windy map: https://api4.windy.com/
• here maps: https://developer.here.com/
• yelp: https://www.yelp.com/fusion
• pixabay: https://pixabay.com/
• open weather: https://openweathermap.org/

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Vera Weikel, Jordan Safford, Misaki Koonce, Zach Krogh