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This well be used as the\nstarter for a [Courier](https://trycourier.com) Sample Application. Notifications\nwill be added using Courier and several channel providers like [Twilio](https://www.twilio.com/)\nfor SMS, [SendGrid](https://sendgrid.com/) for email, and [Slack](https://slack.com/) for direct messaging.\n\nFollow [@trycourier on Twitch](https://twitch.tv/trycourier) to be notified of future live streams.\n\n## Remix this Project\n\nCreate your own copy of this project using the button below.\n[![Remix on Glitch](https://cdn.glitch.com/2703baf2-b643-4da7-ab91-7ee2a2d00b5b%2Fremix-button.svg)](https://glitch.com/edit/#!/remix/pigeon-weather)\n\n### Environment Variables\n\nThis project uses 2 environment variables that you'll need to supply values for in the `.env` file.\n\n- `COURIER_AUTH_TOKEN` - Get this by signing up for a [free Courier Account](https://www.trycourier.app/register).\n- `OPENWEATHER_API_KEY` - Get this by signing up for a [free OpenWeather Account](https://home.openweathermap.org/users/sign_up).\n- `SLACK_BOT_TOKEN` - Get this from your [Slack Application](https://api.slack.com/apps)\n\n## Running locally\n\nThis project was created to run in Glitch, but can be run locally with these additional steps.\n\n1. Clone the repo at https://github.com/trycourier/pigeon-weather\n1. In the repo directory, run `npm install`\n1. Create the database by running `mkdir .data \u0026\u0026 touch .data/database.sqlite`\n1. Create a `.env` file and add the variables from above.\n1. Start the application by running `npm start`\n1. Open a browser to http://localhost:58428\n\n## Git Tags\n\nThis project uses git tags to allow you to jump to different instances of the application. After each\nlive stream, we will create a tag so you can see what the code looks like before and after.\n\n- [starter](https://github.com/trycourier/pigeon-weather/tree/starter): The initial state of the app\n- [20200311](https://github.com/trycourier/pigeon-weather/tree/20200311) ([video](https://youtu.be/0PakKiz6_hQ)): The result of the 3/11/2020 live stream that set up email and SMS notifications using Courier\n- [20200415](https://github.com/trycourier/pigeon-weather/tree/20200415) ([video](https://youtu.be/XDVtApAa8nw)): The result of the 4/15/2020 live stream that added Slack notifications using Courier\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftrycourier%2Fpigeon-weather","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Ftrycourier%2Fpigeon-weather","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftrycourier%2Fpigeon-weather/lists"}