Task name: User endpoints

Requirements

1.  We need to create CRUD endpoints
2.  The entries (users) can just be saved in a noSQL database (Bonus for using Firebase Realtime Database)
3.  Each user should have the following data entries:
    id, name, zip code, latitude, longitude, timezone
4.  When creating a user, allow input for name and zip code.
    (Fetch the latitude, longitude, and timezone - Documentation: https://openweathermap.org/current)
5.  When updating a user, Re-fetch the latitude, longitude, and timezone (if zip code changes)
6.  Connect to a ReactJS front-end

- feel free to add add something creative you'd like

API Key: 7afa46f2e91768e7eeeb9001ce40de19

• Node.js (v16 or higher)
• npm or yarn
• Firebase account and project
• OpenWeather API key

1. Clone the repository and install dependencies:

# install server dependencies
npm install

# install client dependencies
cd client
npm install
cd ..

1. Create a .env file in the root directory:

OPENWEATHER_API_KEY=your_openweather_api_key_here

2. Set up Firebase configuration:
   • Create a Firebase project at https://console.firebase.google.com
   • Enable Realtime Database
   • Download your Firebase config and add to src/config/firebase.ts

1. From root directory:

npm run dev:all

The server will start on http://localhost:3000

• From the app root directory run:

# initiate app
firebase init

# when ready, deploy app
firebase deploy

• Using get() vs a listener: https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/web/read-and-write
• Pagination done differently?: https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/web/lists-of-data#limit_the_number_of_results

• UI needs some love
• Client-side zip code validation, debounced submissions, loading skeletons
• Automatic retries with exponential backoff, retry buttons, geocoding cache
• Better error logging and monitoring
• Input validation middleware?