Live Hacker News Activity Meter

How To Run The Server

1. Clone the repository.
2. cd into the cloned repository.
3. Install dependency libraries - npm install
4. Create .env file and put the below settings in it (Modify the settings to suit yours).

DATABASE_URL=mysql://username:password@localhost:3306/dbname
SECRET_KEY=somesecretkey
```
4. Start the cron job that collects & computes data: `node startcron.js`
5. Run server: `node index.js` or your favourite node process manager.