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Description

Too lazy to read about the news? tl;dr is a web app that allows users to search up trending topics and get a summary of recent news!

This project is a revision of my original entry for HopHacks 2020, with more knowledge and understanding of React and Node.

Tools used

• React
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• Node.js, Express.js
• APIs:
  • MeaningCloud Summarization
  • NewsAPI

Usage/Installion

• You will need to obtain a key from both NewsAPI and MeaningCloud summarizaition API to enable the backend functionality.
• Run the following in the main directory terminal.

cd backend
npm install
cd ..
cd frontend
npm install

• Frontend runs on localhost:3000 and backend listens to port 5000.