Instafood Web Server

A simple node.js web server that fetches data from a third-party (Swiggy) API and exposes it to a client (instafood) app.

Table of contents:

• API Endpoints
• Clone Repository
• Deploy your own server
• Contribute to this repository

API Endpoints

1. List all restaurants for the given location (lat & lng)

• API Endpoint: /api/restaurants

• HTTP Method: GET

• Query Parameters:

  lat (required) : latitude of the location to search for restaurants

  lng (required) : longitude of the location to search for restaurants

• Response Format: JSON

• URL: https://instafood.onrender.com/api/restaurants?lat=:latquery&lng=:lngquery

• Example Request:

  https://instafood.onrender.com/api/restaurants?lat=12.9351929&lng=77.62448069999999

• Explanation : This API fetches the restaurant data for the given location from Swiggy API and exposes it to the clients. The response format of this API is same as Swiggy API enpoint.

• Usage : In react app , you can hit this API like mentioned below

fetch(`https://instafood.onrender.com/api/restaurants?lat=${latitude}&lng=${longitude}`)

Example :

const response =  await fetch("https://instafood.onrender.com/api/restaurants?lat=12.9351929&lng=77.62448069999999")

const data = await response.json();

2. List all menu items for the given restaurant Id (menuId)

• API Endpoint: /api/menu

• HTTP Method: GET

• Query Parameters:

  lat (required) : latitude of the location to search for restaurants.

  lng(required) : longitude of the location to search for restaurants.

  menuId (required): ID of the restaurant's menu.

• Response Format: JSON

• URL: https://instafood.onrender.com/api/restaurants?lat=:latquery&lng=:lngquery&menuId=:menuId

• Example Request:

  https://instafood.onrender.com/api/menu?lat=12.9351929&lng=77.62448069999999&menuId=113657

• Explanation : This API fetches the restaurant data in json format for the given location from Swiggy API and exposes it to the clients. The response format of this API is same as Swiggy API enpoint.

• Usage : In react app , you can hit this API like mentioned below

fetch(`https://instafood.onrender.com/api/restaurants?lat=${latitude}&lng=${longitude}&menuId=${menuId}`)

Example :

const response =  await fetch("https://instafood.onrender.com/api/menu?lat=12.9351929&lng=77.62448069999999&menuId=113657")

const data = await response.json();

Clone Repository

You need to write the following commands on the terminal screen (in vscode) so that you can run this project locally.

  git clone "https://github.com/HarshithaSolai/instafood-server.git"

Go to the project directory

  cd instafood-server

Install dependencies

  npm install

Start the server

  npm start

This server should now be running on localhost.

Deploy your own server

Note : Push your code into your Github Repostory

1. Create an account in "https://render.com/" using Github
2. Click on New + and select web services
3. Connect to the repository ( node server) which you want to deploy
4. Now, your server will be deployed in few minutes and a url to access your server will be provided.

Contribute to this repository

If you have any suggestions to improve this node server, please feel free to raise a PR.

Happy Coding !!!