Databox Challenge

Features

• Fetch Cryptocurrency Data: Fetch cryptocurrency data from Alpaca API
• Fetch Stock Data: Fetch stock data from Alpha Vantage API
• Send Data to Databox: Send data to Databox API
• Send Custom Metrics to Databox: Send custom metrics to Databox

Technologies Used

• Backend Framework: NestJS
• Authentication: JWT and Github OAuth

Pre-requirements

• Node.js 20+
• Docker

Setup Instructions

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Setup environment variables

Create a .env and .env.test files in the root directory and add the following environment variables

NODE_ENV=development (or test)
PORT=3000
SWAGGER_PATH=/api-docs
CORS_ORIGIN=*
ALPACA_API_URL=https://data.alpaca.markets/v1beta3/crypto/us
ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_URL=https://www.alphavantage.co/query
ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY=example
DATABOX_API_KEY=example
CLIENT_ID=example
CLIENT_SECRET=example
GITHUB_CALLBACK_URL=example
JWT_SECRET=example
JWT_EXPIRATION=example

3. Run the application

npm run start:dev

The application will be running on http://localhost:3000