factchecklab / facts-api

Exchange information about fact check reports. This repo is mirrored from GitLab.

Factcheck DB API

The Factcheck DB is a database for exchanging information about fact check reports. The server expose this database with a GraphQL API.

Features

• Query fact check reports.
• Find related fact check report with potential misinformation.
• Publish fact check reports by publishers.

To try out the Factcheck DB API, head over to GraphQL Playground and start querying!

Developing

Requirements

• Node.js
• PostgreSQL
• ElasticSearch

Getting started

First of all, create .env file which contains all the server settings. Copy from .env.example as an example. Check that all backing services are running beforehand.

$ yarn install
$ yarn migrate
$ yarn dev

If you use Docker, the repository contains a Docker Compose file which help you start the required services for you.

$ docker-compose up -d postgres elasticsearch
$ docker-compose run --rm api yarn install
$ docker-compose run --rm api yarn migrate
$ docker-compose up app

The server listen at port 4000. Browse to http://localhost:4000 for GraphQL Playground and use the same URL for GraphQL API endpoint.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to our projects! You can ask questions or file a bug report by creating an issue on GitLab. To contribute, fork this repository on GitLab and create a merge request.

Getting Help

If you have questions, file an issue in our repository on GitLab, you can also contact us at [email protected].

Copyright & License

Copyright (c) 2020 tech@factchecklab.

The source code is licensed under Affero General Public License Version 3.