Habigotchi Back-End API

This is a RESTful API built with Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL.

Go to the endpoints.json file to see the functionality of each endpoint. You can run this API locally using your browser for GET methods or programs such as insomnia to test out all the other methods

📦 Requirements

• Node.js (v16+ recommended)
• PostgreSQL (installed and running)

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/habigotchi-back-end.git
cd habigotchi-back-end

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Set up environment variables

(create .ENV files for dev or production and insert this)

DATABASE_URL=your_local_database_url_here

4. Set up the databases

npm run setup-dbs

5. Seed the database for dev

npm run seed

or

Seed the database for prod

npm run seed-prod

6. Start the server

npm start

7. Run the tests

npm test