The Garden API

Repo usage

Do not clone or push to master branch.

Create branch or fork from develop, then push or create pull requests to that branch.

Installation

• Install Mongo

• Mongo doc link

• Install Node.js

  It is recommended to install Node.js using NVM (Node Version Manager), which makes it easier to install and switch between versions:

  See https://github.com/creationix/nvm/

• install dependecies:

  npm install
  

• Install ImageMagick

  Requires imagemagick CLI tools to be installed. brew install imagemagick
  

Server

There are 2 modes for running mobile-api webserver:

• development
• test

The mode is set through "NODE_ENV" env variable:

export NODE_ENV=development;

Running

Starts a node.js instance in localhost:3000

Mode: development

Logs: ./log

Steps:

• npm run start

To check if the server is running:

curl -v http://localhost:3000/api

Should response "{"message":" Main page "}"

Testing

Runs all *_test.js from ./test

Mode: test

Steps:

npm test