tailsxz / illinoisnativesapi

Illinois Natives

This API serves as a comprehensive resource providing information surrounding the native plants found in Illinois. The API offers endpoints for accessing details specific to each plant.

Getting Started

To get a copy of this project, you can fork the repo then clone it as your own.

Prerequisites

• A Github Account
• Your local Git CLI, Git Bash comes with the windows Git installation.
• Node v20.10.0
• Your preferred package manager (i.e. npm or yarn)

Installing

Fork the Repo

Clone the Repo

Install the Dependencies using npm install in your command line

Optimizations

Might try migrating to using mongoose next to see how the experience is. Might restructure the whole project to follow the MVC pattern.

Knowledge gained from this project

Got experience going from adding and storing the plants by hand on the server to migrating to storing the plants on a database.