Political Informant Application - Restructured into Express Backend w/ PostgreSQL DB + React Frontend Client

• ToDo:
  • Both PA_Server and pi-client need their own readmes
  • Add instructions for running locally
  • Construct DB schema + implement
    • Models
    • Utility functions to handle queries for app
  • Write Utility functions to handle data gathering + cleanup + storage in DB
  • Write Login/Loggout/Create User functions
  • Finish backend
  • Start work on Front-End

Full-stack application utilizing an Express REST API handling a PostgreSQL DB while delivering a React SPA on the homepage.

• Front-End
  • React
  • Redux - Store user info if logged in
  • React-Bootstrap
• Back-End
  • Express.js - REST API + delivers Front-End via homepage route "/"
  • Sequelize - Manage PostgreSQL DB management

Deployed via Fly.io: pi-server.dev

• The backend will hold all congressional member data and user information for the application via DB.
  • Congressional Member data fetched from APIs:
    • ProPublica Congress API
      • Limited to 5000 Requests per day
    • Congress.gov API
      • Used to get Member Photo URL
        • Currently getting CORS error - Server Side issue - Will implement later
  • Congressional Member data will be sanatized before being stored. Will only be served via GET requests.
  • All non-API routes will redirect to the "/" route
• The inital homepage (doubling as a catch-all non-api routes) delivers the React Front-end to the client.
• The Front-End will make GET requests to the express server for congressional member information.
• Front-End POST requests for user login/logout and future features (ex: follow congressional member button + follow page for logged in users)

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• Working on this 10/20/2022