#US Government API

We thought the US government data APIs looked interesting, so we're building a site that interacts with them. The objective is to find interesting ways of combining APIs to get new data correlations.

##Requirements

• NodeJS
• Node Package Manager
• MongoDB
• GruntJS

##Setup

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/brandondove/usgovapi.git .

Install the required packages

$ npm install

Start MongoDB

$ mongod

Run the node app

$ node app

Access the homepage of the app at the following URL: http://localhost:3000/

##Grunt Tasks

Run all default tasks:

• Combine all custom javascripts
• Use jshint to check for javascript errors
• Minify combined javascript
• Compile SASS
• Minify CSS

$ grunt

Monitor the project for local changes during active development

$ grunt watch

Package the source up for release

$ grunt compress