cutting-through valorant account worth predictor

Valorant Account Valuation This project is a web application that allows users to link their Valorant accounts and estimate their worth based on the account level and skins purchased. The application is built with a React frontend, an Express backend, and uses MongoDB for data storage.

Features User authentication (sign up, login) Link and unlink Valorant accounts Fetch Valorant account data using Riot Games API Calculate and display account worth based on account level and skins Responsive design Technology Stack Frontend: React.js Backend: Node.js, Express.js Database: MongoDB API Integration: Riot Games API Deployment: Vercel (frontend), Heroku (backend) Installation Prerequisites Node.js MongoDB Riot Games API key Backend Setup Clone the repository and navigate to the backend directory. Install dependencies. Create a .env file in the backend directory and add your environment variables: PORT=5000 MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string RIOT_API_KEY=your_riot_games_api_key Start the backend server. Frontend Setup

Navigate to the frontend directory. Install dependencies. Start the React development server. Deployment Frontend Build the React app. Deploy the build directory to Vercel or Netlify following their specific deployment instructions.

Backend Deploy the Express server to Heroku:

Initialize a git repository and commit your code.

Create a Heroku app.

Push your code to Heroku.

Set environment variables in Heroku (e.g., RIOT_API_KEY, MONGODB_URI).

API Endpoints Auth Routes

POST /api/auth/signup: Create a new user

POST /api/auth/login: Authenticate a user

Account Routes

POST /api/account/link: Link a Valorant account POST /api/account/unlink: Unlink a Valorant account Valuation Routes GET /api/valuation: Get the estimated worth of the linked Valorant account

Contributing Fork the repository

Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature)

Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature')

Push to the branch (git push origin feature/your-feature)

Open a pull request

License This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements Riot Games for providing the Valorant API

The open-source community for the tools and libraries used in this project