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https://github.com/dracula27/stargazersapod

Integrate with NASA's API to show the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
https://github.com/dracula27/stargazersapod

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Integrate with NASA's API to show the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

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Star Gazers - Astronomy Picture of the Day


Browse all of NASA's Astronomy Pictures of the Day, from June 16, 1995 til today!


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  1. About The Project


  2. Usage

  3. Optimizations

  4. Lessons Learned

  5. Contact

  6. Acknowledgments

## About The Project

[![Star Gazers APOD Screen Shot](./screenshot.PNG)](https://dracula27.github.io/starGazersAPOD/)

Have you ever wondered what the night sky looked like on a certain day? Maybe even today?

Look no further! With this app, you can view the universe through NASA. Browse through their daily astronomy pictures to your heart's content!

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### Built With

- [![HTML5](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/47e36c9392fe351ab98a0324ca2cb710782731d5a56f71ffe7c68130a1ddc34f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7374617469632f76313f6c6162656c3d253743266d6573736167653d48544d4c3526636f6c6f723d323335353566267374796c653d706c6173746963266c6f676f3d68746d6c35)](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/)
- [![CSS3](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/de7f9b7e6e26494153157774db679bba3320e333f8279e98986893d490293732/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7374617469632f76313f6c6162656c3d253743266d6573736167653d4353533326636f6c6f723d323835663635267374796c653d706c6173746963266c6f676f3d63737333)](https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/#specs)
- [![JavaScript](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/201c697f87bb2a25af48ccc954f0a3c27409421b3e887b7b8e486222e6c1c6b8/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7374617469632f76313f6c6162656c3d253743266d6573736167653d4a41564153435249505426636f6c6f723d336337663564267374796c653d706c6173746963266c6f676f3d6a617661736372697074)](https://tc39.es/ecma262/)

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## Usage

Use the date-picker at the top of the screen to choose which date you would like to see NASA's officical astronomy picture of the day and click the `Show APOD` button to load the picture or video from that date in history.

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## Optimizations

This project can be improved by:

[ ] Refactoring the code to account for errors fetching data

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## Lessons Learned

- **Data security.** When uploading code to GitHub, I realized I needed to make sure that important data, like API keys, need to be kept from being uploaded. Therefore, I used NASA's demo API key instead of mine so that anyone can use the hosted version of the app on GitHub Pages without worry.

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## Contact

Danielle Andrews - [@DrAcula_codes](https://twitter.com/DrAcula_codes 'Twitter/X') - [daniellerandrews](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellerandrews 'LinkedIn') - [email protected]

Project Link: [https://github.com/DrAcula27/starGazersAPOD](https://github.com/DrAcula27/starGazersAPOD)

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## Acknowledgments

A special thanks to these resources used in the project!

- [NASA APIs](https://api.nasa.gov)
- [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com)
- [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com)

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