NASA_APOD

Simple Flask Server Application using NASA APOD API and some jinja templates.

DESCRIPTION:

Flask server returns the Astronomical picture of the day along with the details using NASA's APOD API. The server created backend for user input(date), filters it and renders accordingly. The site does not works for fictional dates. Furthurmore, the APOD API only works for dates between 5th June 1995 and present date.

REQUIREMENTS:

The following code requires the following packages installed for python3:

```
  requests
  flask
```

Also, the code requires a NASA APOD API which can be easily achieved by signing in on their website: https://api.nasa.gov.

USAGE:

Clone the repository using command:

```
$ git clone https://github.com/samsepi0x0/NASA_APOD.git
```

Update the API key in server.py and run the Flask server using commands:

```
$ cd NASA_APOD
$ nano server.py # update the global variable API with your own API
$ python server.py
```

Open url: 127.0.0.1:5000 on any browser to see the frontend.

OUTPUT: