server.js
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require("dotenv").config({ path: '.env' });
const express = require("express");
const axios = require("axios");
// Spin up a Node server
const app = express();
app.listen(process.env.PORT, () => {
console.log("Listening to PORT " + process.env.PORT);
});
// Setting Templating Engine to EJS
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
// Setting location to folder containing files
app.use(express.static(__dirname + 'public'));
// EJS Title
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
res.render('ejsTitle', { year: new Date().getFullYear() });
});
// Home Page
app.get("/information", (req, res) => {
res.render('home', { year : new Date().getFullYear() });
});
// Data Fetched Information
app.get("/api-information", (req, res) => {
// Setting options for API call
let options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'accept' : 'application/json',
'content-type' : 'applcation/json'
}
}
axios.get('https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/' +
'coins/list?include_platform=false', options)
.then(response => {
// If successful, pass in the data from API call to render function
res.render('data',
{
coinData: response.data,
isError: false,
year: new Date().getFullYear()
}
);
})
.catch(() => {
// If not successful, pass in the empty data and set error to true
res.render('data',
{
coinData: [],
isError: true,
year: new Date().getFullYear()
}
);
});
});