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• We would only need to use one programming language throughout our app, allowing us to work efficiently and consistently

• Many online resources are available for it, so the few members of our team who were unfamiliar with JavaScript would be able to learn it quickly

• JavaScript is the best language for web apps like ours

Data origin:

The origin of data source: http://outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com/

Scraping tools: Puppeteer in Javascript.

Result returned: targeted JSON data.

API design:

API:

1. Using JavaScript to build RESTful API in Express (The framework in Node.js)

2. Using other teams’ API for convenience.

Localhost:5000/ is the placeholder we will use.

There are 4 types we need to use:

1. GET: Get the information user need.

2. POST: Change false information.

3. PUT: Update the information to latest version .

4. DELETE: delete the useless information.

Backend - NodeJS, ExpressJS

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