CatFactApp

A minimalist .NET 10 console application designed to fetch random cat facts from the catfact.ninja API and store them locally.

• Controls: Press [SPACE] to fetch a fact, or [Q] to quit.

Table of contents

• Configuration
• How to run
• License

Configuration

The application is configured via appsettings.json.

{
  "CatFactConfig": {
    "ApiUrl": "https://catfact.ninja/",
    "RequestUrl": "fact",
    "OutputFilePath": "cat_facts.txt"
  }
}

How to run

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/patrick012016/cat-fact-app.git
cd cat-fact-app

Run locally

Important

To run this project locally, you must have the .NET 10 SDK installed on your machine.

To ensure the application correctly loads the configuration, navigate to the project folder:

cd src/CatFact.ConsoleApp
dotnet run

Run with docker

Execute these commands from the root directory (where the .sln file is):

docker build -f src/CatFact.ConsoleApp/Dockerfile -t catfactapp .
docker run -it --rm catfactapp

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.