GATOR - blog aggregator implementation in typescript

Prerequisites:

• linux/WSL
• install Node.js v22.15.0 or newer
• npm package manager
• PostgreSQL database server

To install:

• Clone the repo: git clone <repository-url> cd <project-directory>
• Install using npm: npm install
• Create a new file named .gatorconfig.json in your user's home folder and add this text to it: {"db_url":"[your_postgres_database_url_here]"} . if you're running locally without a database - you can put a default connection string with your own username and password: postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/database_name.
• Migrate your database: npm run db:migrate

To run:

npm run start <command> <args>

Commands:

• agg: [interval] - aggregates posts from feeds for the user every X milliseconds.
• register[username] - registers a new user
• login[username] - logs in
• reset - deletes all users, feeds, posts etc
• users - lists all users
• addfeed[url] - adds feed to database and follows it for the current user.
• feeds - lists all feeds
• follow[url] - follows a feed for the current user.
• following - lists all followed feeds for the current logged in user.
• unfollow[url] - unfollows a feed for the current user.