Build a news aggregator site with Laravel and newsapi.org
This is a simple implementation of how to a news aggregator site with Laravel and newsapi.org
Getting Started
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.
Prerequisites
What things you need to install the software.
- Git.
- PHP.
- Composer.
- Laravel CLI.
Install
Clone the git repository on your computer
$ git clone https://github.com/fisayoafolayan/news-app.git
You can also download the entire repository as a zip file and unpack in on your computer if you do not have git
After cloning the application, you need to install it's dependencies.
$ cd news-app
$ composer install
Setup
When you are done with installation, copy the .env.example file to .env
$ cp .env.example .env
Generate the application key
$ php artisan key:generate
Set environment keys
Log on to newsapi.org to generate a new api key.
NEWS_API_KEY=insert_key_here
NEWS_API_URL='https://newsapi.org/v2/'
DEFAULT_NEWS_SOURCE='CNN'
DEFAULT_NEWS_SOURCE_ID='cnn'
Run the application
$ php artisan serve