Due to severe weather condition, the workshop will be hosted on Zoom!

1. Clone this repo

   • Open terminal, and cd into (go to) the directory (folder) that you want to clone this repo
   • Run git clone https://github.com/michelleykim/nwHacks-2024-Intro-to-API.git
   • You should see another directory appear, named something like: nwHacks-2024-Intro-to-API

2. Install node

   • If you're unsure, use node -v command to see if you have node installed
     • If you get an error, most likely means you don't have node
   • You should be able to click your OS type under the LTS (Long-Term Support) and download the installer
   • Open the installer and follow the instruction to install node
   • Run node -v to see if node is correctly installed
     • If you see a series of number like 20.8.1 or v20.8.1 or something that looks like a version number, you're done!

3. Install HTTP Server

   • Open terminal, and run npm install -g http-server
   • You might get some sort of permissions error. In this case, try:
     • [macOS/Linux] try sudo npm install -g http-server
     • [Windows] try to run terminal as administrator. You can right click on the terminal icon to see the option
   • Now, you can run http-server in your terminal (within repo directory, nwHacks-2024-Intro-to-API) to run html file.
     • Once you run the command, you should see the list of available ports you can view the html file. (something like "http://10.0.0.30:8080")
     • You should see the frontend we pre-built when you navigate to one of the ports.

4. Create an Open AI API account

   • Once you make the account, navigate to "API Keys" section on the left panel.
   • Create a new key by clicking "Create new secret key" button
     • Make sure you save the secret key in the secrets.json file, replacing the value of apiKey. You cannot retrieve the same key again once you're past this step.
     • If you accidentally lost the key, don't panic! You can simply delete the old key and make a new one. Remember to save it somewhere this time!

If you're done all the steps above, you should be good to go! See you @ Thursday, Jan 18th 7:40 PM PST.