take-me-away

• An application created during a 48-hour hackathon to calculate the farthest possible destination from any major city.
• Returns a link to purchase a one-way plane ticket.

Live Site

Technologies

• JavaScript (ES6)
• CSS3
• HTML5
• NodeJS
• Express

Current Features

• User can input any major city
• Antipode is calculated based on major city
• User is given the cheapest flight as returned by Skyscanner
  • The Skyscanner API returns only cached results as of May 2020
• User can view distance to destination relative to maximum distance (12,450 miles)

Planned Features

• Increase specificity of search area
  • Requires more specific geographic data regarding coastlines
• Alternative to using the Skyscanner API
• User can view distance on a map

Instructions

You will need:

• NodeJS

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/toddshinto/take-me-away.git

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Rename .env.example to .env and insert your server key:

GOOGLE_API_KEY=AAAUUUGGGHHH1111

4. Rename server/public/browser-key-example.js to browser-key.js and insert your browser keys:

const browserKey=KKKKOOOOBBBBEEEE2222

const rapidAPIKey=RRRRROOOOOCCCCKKKK3333

5. Run the server

node index.js

6. Visit localhost:3001 in browser

Support

Reach out to me at one of these places!

• Website at toddshinto.com
• Email at [email protected]