README.md

View all your credit transactions using the Plaid API

API - https://plaid.com/

Steps to get the project working locally

1. Clone to repo
2. pip install requirements.txt
3. npm install
4. Create an account with Plaid and get an API key - https://dashboard.plaid.com/signin
5. Create a config.py file in the root directory with the following:
   PLAID_CLIENT_ID = YOUR_CLIENT_ID
   PLAID_SECRET = YOUR_SECRET_KEY
   PLAID_PUBLIC_KEY = YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY
   PLAID_ENV = 'sandbox'
   PLAID_PRODUCTS = 'transactions'
   PLAID_COUNTRY_CODES = 'US,CA,GB,FR,ES'
   
6. Run npm start and python server.py and go to localhost:3000

App screenshots

What I learned

• Using the Plaid API to access a user's transactions
• Sending requests to a Flask backend from a React frontend
• Flask CORS