README.md

Udagram REST API

Udagram is a simple cloud application developed alongside the Udacity Cloud Engineering Nanodegree. It allows users to register and log into a web client, post photos to the feed, and process photos using an image filtering microservice.

This RestAPI Backend is a Node-Express server which can be deployed to a cloud service.

Getting Setup

Installing project dependencies

This project uses NPM to manage software dependencies. NPM Relies on the package.json file located in the root of this repository. After cloning, open your terminal and run:

npm install

tip: npm i is shorthand for npm install

Running the Server Locally

To run the server locally in developer mode, open terminal and run:

npm run dev

Developer mode runs off the TypeScript source. Any saves will reset the server and run the latest version of the codebase.