This is the back-end repo for the trivia fun game. Check out the front-end repo here
A basic trivia game where you can choose the difficulty level and category of your questions. You'll be asked 10 questions from the selected category and your total will be added up at the end.
Deployed site here
- Fork and clone the repo to your local machine with SSH:
git clone git@github.com:ross-ian28/trivia-be.git cdinto the root of the project directory- Install gems and dependencies:
bundle install - Create the database with:
rails db:create - Run test suite:
bundle exec rspec - Run your server from port 4000:
rails s -p 4000 - Call the endpoint:
http://localhost:4000/api/v1/questionsto consume the api locally - (Make sure both front-end and back-end servers are running at the same time if you want to play the game on local)
POST /api/v1/questions
body:
{
"difficulty": "hard",
"category": "13"
}
headers: Content-Type = application/json
{
"questions": [
{
"question": "What is the name of Broadway's first \"long-run\" musical?",
"category": "Entertainment: Musicals & Theatres",
"difficulty": "hard",
"correct_answer": "The Elves",
"incorrect_answers": [
"Wicked",
"Hamilton",
"The Book of Mormon"
]
},
{
"question": "In Les Misérables, who is Prison Code 24601?",
"category": "Entertainment: Musicals & Theatres",
"difficulty": "hard",
"correct_answer": "Jean Valjean",
"incorrect_answers": [
"Marius Pontmercy",
"Javert",
"Jean Claude Van Damme"
]
},
{
"question": "Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein's 1957 Brodway musical West Side Story?",
"category": "Entertainment: Musicals & Theatres",
"difficulty": "hard",
"correct_answer": "Stephen Sondheim",
"incorrect_answers": [
"Himself",
"Oscar Hammerstein",
"Richard Rodgers"
]
},
{
"question": "In Macbeth, the eyes of what animals were used in the Witches' cauldron?",
"category": "Entertainment: Musicals & Theatres",
"difficulty": "hard",
"correct_answer": "Newts",
"incorrect_answers": [
"Humans",
"Sharks",
"Squids"
]
}...
],
"score": 0