https://github.com/eiselems/whoami-microservice

Microservice which returns data about its vistors
https://github.com/eiselems/whoami-microservice

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Microservice which returns data about its vistors

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/eiselems/whoami-microservice
• Owner: eiselems
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-03-22T12:55:52.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-07-06T15:48:12.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-04T15:35:09.770Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: CSS
• Homepage: https://whoami-microservice.herokuapp.com/
• Size: 171 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# whoami-microservice

## Overview

This is part of the FCC Curriculum.

I wrote this microservice to get familiar with NodeJS and Heroku as a hosting platform.

Test Installation: https://whoami-microservice.herokuapp.com/

Functionality:

* The microservice returns informations about its visitor (host, language, software)

The microservice 

# Quick Start Guide

### Starting the App

At first clone the repository and get into the repository's folder.

Install the app by running:

`npm install`

To start the app, make sure you're in the project directory and type `node server.js` into the terminal. This will start the Node server.

You should the following messages within the terminal window:

```

Node.js listening on port 8080...

```

Next, open your browser and enter `http://localhost:8080/`. Congrats, you're up and running!

Issues:

Works much better on remote hosts than on local machines/internal networks.

## License

MIT License. [Click here for more information.](LICENSE.md)