API - include weather data

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roadmap

1. server-side api call

   • setup backend app to implement tasks with Express.js
   • call weather api
   • save weather data
   • frontend api call

2. call backend through Express api

   • receive data
   • include data in Mapbox

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Step 1 - Setup Backend with Express.js

follow this tutorial for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3vs4a03y3I

• create new branche: weatherAPI
• create and switch to new folder called server
• initialize npm with npm init -y
• install dependency Express.js with npm i express
• install dependency Nodemon as a dev dependency with npm i nodemon -D (to auto-restart server if needed)

Start localhost:5000

1. change directory to server
2. open terminal
3. start server with npm start dev

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Step 2 - Schedule server-side task

follow this tutorila for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StkFajPnd7w

• install dependency to schedule tasks: npm install node-schedule

test

• increment a number every 2 secs

next: add this number to a database e.g. node-sqlite3 npm install sqlite3 next: call this data array form frontend next: updated frontend if backend data has been updated

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it is not possilbe to schedule server side task on sanity (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64310565/is-it-possible-with-sanity-scheduled-external-api-calls-to-sanity)

It can be done with Netlify:

set up serverless schedule function on netlify

https://docs.netlify.com/functions/scheduled-functions/

1. install node moduel in root folder: npm install @netlify/functions