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Crypto dashboard that uses the coingecko API to display basic details.

This project includes a custom Express proxy server to avoid CORS issues when fetching data from the API.

What It Does

  • Displays live crypto prices and market data
  • Fetches data from the CoinGecko API
  • Uses a custom proxy server to handle API requests

How the Proxy Works

Instead of calling the CoinGecko API directly from the browser, the frontend sends requests to a local Express server.

The Express server forwards the request to CoinGecko and returns the data back to the frontend.

Flow:

Frontend → Express Server → CoinGecko API → Express Server → Frontend

This prevents CORS errors during development.

If you want to access the app on a website: https://crypto-nite.onrender.com

How to Run the App (locally)

  1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Basewrecker/crypto_v1_ffp.git cd crypto_v1_ffp

  1. Start the server

cd server npm install node index.js

The server runs on http://localhost:5000 (this can be changed be if you're on a mac and it interfers with the airport express card; change it via the server config settings)

  1. Start the frontend

Open a new terminal:

cd client npm install npm run dev

The frontend runs on http://localhost:5173

Make sure the server is running before starting the frontend.