SWAPI Wrapper

This project is a backend service that interacts with the Star Wars API (SWAPI) and caches responses using Redis.

Prerequisites

• Docker installed on your machine.

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [email protected]:vblidh/swapi-wrapper.git
   cd swapi-wrapper

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Start Redis using Docker:

   docker run -p 6379:6379 -it redis/redis-stack-server:latest

4. Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following environment variables:

   PORT=3000
   SWAPI_URL=https://swapi.dev/api

5. Build the project:

   npm run build

6. Start the server:

   npm start

Usage

The server will be running on http://localhost:3000. You can use the following endpoints:

• GET /movies - Fetches a list of movies.
• GET /movies/:id - Fetches details of a specific movie by ID.
• GET /characters - Fetches a list of characters.
• GET /characters/:id - Fetches details of a specific character by ID.

Development

To start the server in development mode with hot-reloading:

npm run dev