Using DEV.to API and Node.js

On my website I originally implemented a link back to here, my blog, in the nav bar. I've been recently playing around a lot with Node.js and APIs. My aim was to display basic post info such as:

• Title
• Description
• Tags
• URL
• Created date

The end result was this: (site isn't currently reflecting this change and isn't finished)

Let's begin with the usual setup, create a new project folder in your workplace and cd init. Run npm init and install the following packages:

var express = require('express'), cors = require("cors"), app = express(), bodyParser = require('body-parser'), axios = require('axios'); 

The code is pretty straightforward, a simple GET so just need to call http://localhost:3000/api/posts to get the JSON response data.

var express = require('express'), cors = require("cors"), app = express(), bodyParser = require('body-parser'), axios = require('axios'); app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); app.use(bodyParser.json()); app.use(cors()); app.get("/api/posts", (req, res) => { axios.get('https://dev.to/api/articles?username=lornasw93').then(resp => { res.send(resp.data); }).catch(err => { res.send(err); }); }); const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000; module.exports = app.listen(PORT, () => { console.log('Server running on port %d', PORT); }) 

The repo lives here.

This project is very much a work in progress so will update the repo when needed.

Thanks! 😃