🍽️ Meal Mingle Server

Overview

The Meal Mingle Server is a Node.js server built to call the Swiggy API and handle Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) issues 🌐. It acts as the backend for the Meal Mingle Frontend, Live at : Meal Mingle App ensuring smooth API communication between the client and external services like Swiggy 🚀.

This server is part of the Meal Mingle project Meal Mingle Frontend, which allows users to browse meals, place orders, and interact with a modern, user-friendly meal ordering system. 🥡🥗

Features

• Proxy Server: 🛠️ Makes API calls to Swiggy to fetch restaurant and meal data.
• CORS Handling: 🚧 Resolves CORS issues, allowing secure communication between the frontend and Swiggy API.
• Seamless Integration: ⚡ Works perfectly with the Meal Mingle frontend app to provide a smooth user experience.
• Efficient Performance: 💨 Built with Node.js for fast API handling and performance optimization.

Endpoints

1. /api/restaurants: 📍 Returns a list of restaurants by interacting with the Swiggy API.

2. /api/menu: 📜 Returns a list of menu items from a selected restaurant by calling Swiggy’s menu API.

3. /: 🎉 A simple root route to test server availability and link to the Meal Mingle live web app.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed before starting:

• Node.js (v12 or higher) 🟢
• npm (Node Package Manager) 📦

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/anchalarora/meal-mingle-server.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd meal-mingle-server

3. Install dependencies:

   npm install

4. Usage Start the server:

   npm start

By default, the server will run on http://localhost:3000 🚀.

5. Server Endpoints:

/api/swiggy: Proxy endpoint to call Swiggy API and return data 📡. This server is designed to work with the Meal Mingle frontend app. Make sure the frontend points to this server's API 🌉.

6. Environment Variables:

Create a .env file in the root of the project to store your environment variables:

PORT=3000

🛡️ CORS Handling

The server handles CORS issues, allowing API calls from the frontend to Swiggy without any restrictions 🚫🔒.

🌐 Integration with Meal Mingle Frontend

The Meal Mingle server is designed to work alongside the Meal Mingle Frontend App. You can find the frontend app and try it out live here:

Frontend GitHub Repository: Meal Mingle Frontend Live App: Meal Mingle App

🛠️Contributing We welcome contributions! If you'd like to improve this project, feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request 🤝. Any feedback or suggestions are highly appreciated!

🏆License This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.