BloomTech-Labs/sauti-africa-market-price-data-be

# API Documentation #### Backend deployed at heroku View the API Docs & Examples at Postman - Acquire the correct .env file to ensure proper operation - Acquire API key and pass it as header to any available routes of developer route. Consult API Docs on Postman(see above) ### NodeJS/Express Server - We chose Node.js/Express because we were familiar with the tech and could leverage the use of middleware. - We chose knex as our query builder because we were familiar with it and were able to build the appropriate queries very quickly. - Custom Validation Middleware to ensure query parameters are received correctly and throw meaningful errors. ## Endpoints #### Developer Route - Access Control: Access of these endpoints given to developers through API keys. - All endpoints make use of query strings | Method | Example Endpoint | Description | | ------ | --------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | GET | `/sauti/developer/product/late/pricebymarket` | return the latest price of a particular product from a particular market | | GET | `/sauti/developer/lists` | returns a list of a either markets, countries, products, or sources | | GET | `/sauti/developer/product/range` | returns price information on a particular product across a date range | | GET | `/sauti/developer/filter` | filters data with countries, markets, sub levels of products, and can set up pagination with count and page | | GET | `/sauti/developer/product/latestprice` | returns the latest price of a particular product across all markets | …