GitHubTrendingAPI

GitHubTrendingAPI is a middleman of GitHubTrending, built using Vapor and written entirely in Swift, GitHubTrendingAPI handles all communication between frontends, whether they be an application, script or website and the backend.

Prerequisites

Databases

• MongoDB (preferred)
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• SQLite

Frameworks

• Vapor

Operating System

• Linux (preferred)
• macOS
• Linux on Windows with WSL2

Programming Languages

• Swift

Getting Started

Change Directory

$ cd /path/to/directory

Clone Repository

$ git clone https://github.com/jarrodnorwell/GitHubTrendingAPI

Change Directory, Build & Run

$ cd GitHubTrendingAPI
$ swift build -c release
$ .build/release/GitHubTrendingAPI

Final Notes

Once GitHubTrendingAPI is running, head over to GitHubTrendingScraper