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Monkeybrains is an api server for the Monkeys app

To start development locally

1. Clone this repo git clone git@github.com:janet/monkeybrains.git
2. Run nginx @ localhost:8080 (instructions below)
3. Run api server @ localhost:5000 (instructions below)
4. Create and seed database (instructions below)
5. Run frontend server (instructions @ Monkeys app)
6. Monkeys frontend app connected to Monkeybrains api server @ localhost:8080

Nginx (osx)

1. Install nginx Coderwall link for more info on nginx

    $ brew install nginx
   

2. Use nginx config from this repo

    $ rm /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
    $ ln -s `pwd`/nginx.conf /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
   

3. Start nginx proxy server @ localhost:8080

    $ sudo nginx
   

Api Server

First time only, create python 3 virtualenv and install requirements and app

$ virtualenv -p python3 monkeybrains_env
$ source monkeybrains_env/bin/activate
$ (monkeybrains_env) pip install -r requirements.txt
$ (monkeybrains_env) pip install --editable .

Run server @ http://localhost:5000/

$ source monkeybrains_env/bin/activate
$ (monkeybrains_env) python api/runserver.py

Run tests

$ (monkeybrains_env) cd api
$ (monkeybrains_env) pytest

Database

Create local postgres database @ postgresql://localhost/monkeys (first time only)

$ createdb monkeys

Add dummy data to database - can be re-run to reset database

$ (monkeybrains_env) python seed_database.py

Deployed Versions

Heroku

example call: https://sbg-monkeybrains.herokuapp.com/