ABClinic Project

There are various challenges that come with soring patients' data using the traditional file system method, some of which include the tedious process of retrieving patient records, and also risk of massive data loss in case of natural calamities like fire. To help solve this, we created a web application, ABClinic, that helps store patient records in a database, and retrieve the records in just a few clicks. This ensures safety of patient information (including previous and future visits, and their health records).

The project was created using React JS, a JavaScript library for creating front-end applications, and Flask, a minimalist Python framework for creating back-end applications.

How to get started

To contribute or have a local copy of this project in your development environment, follow the steps below:

1. Fork this project to create your own copy in your own GitHub Account

2. Clone the forked project using git clone git@github.com:your-username/ABClinc.git

3. Navigate to the project's directory using your terminal or file explorer.

4. Run pipenv install && pipenv shell at the root of the project directory to install the necessary libraries.

5. Navigate into the server directory using cd server/

6. Run flask db upgrade run the migrations and create the models and run python seed.py to insert some dummy data into the database.

7. Create environment variables using the following commands:

export FLASK_APP=app.py
export FLASK_RUN_PORT=5555

This will have your Flask app running on port 5555

API Endpoints Available

9. In a separate terminal, navigate into the client directory using the command cd client.
10. Install the NPM packages using npm install
11. Start the React server using the command npm start and this will start the application on localhost:3000

1. Patients

This is the endpoint for retrieving and adding patient details

GET /patients

Responses

{
  "first_name": string,
  "last_name": string,
  "gender": string,
  "age": integer,
  "phone_number": integer,
  "national_id": integer
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	SUCCESSFUL

POST /patients

Parameter	Type	Description
first_name	string	Required. A patient's first name
last_name	string	Required, A patient's last name
gender	string	Required. A patient's gender
age	integer	Required. A patient's age
phone_number	integer	Required, A patient's phone number
national_id	integer	Required, A patient's national ID number

Responses

{
  "first_name": string,
  "last_name": string,
  "gender": string,
  "age": integer,
  "phone_number": integer,
  "national_id": integer
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
201	CREATED

2. Patients By ID

This is the endpoint for retrieving, updating and deleting a particular patient's details.

GET /patients/PATIENT_ID

Responses

{
  "first_name": string,
  "last_name": string,
  "gender": string,
  "age": integer,
  "phone_number": integer,
  "national_id": integer
}

Status codes

Status Code	Description
200	SUCCESSFUL

PATCH /patients/PATIENT_ID

Parameter	Type	Description
attribute	attribute type	Required. An attribute whose values are being updated

Responses

{
  "first_name": string,
  "last_name": string,
  "gender": string,
  "age": integer,
  "phone_number": integer,
  "national_id": integer
}

Status codes

Status Code	Description
200	SUCCESSFUL

DELETE /patients/PATIENT_ID

Parameters

• None

Responses

{
  "message": "patient deleted successfully"
}

Status codes

Status Code	Description
200	SUCCESSFUL

2. Appointments

This is an endpoint for retrieving, updating and deleting appointments.

GET /appointments

Parameters

• None

Responses

{
  "first_name": string,
  "last_name": string,
  "gender": string,
  "age": integer,
  "phone_number": integer,
  "national_id": integer
}

3. Appointments by ID

This is the endpoint for retrieving, updating, and deleting a specific appointment.

GET /appointments/APPOINTMENT_ID

Responses

{
  "date": string,
  "time": string,
  "status": string,
  "patient_id": integer,
  "patient_visit_id": integer
}

Status codes

Status Code	Description
200	SUCCESSFUL

PATCH /patients/PATIENT_ID

Parameter	Type	Description
attribute	attribute type	Required. An attribute whose values are being updated

Responses

{
  "date": string,
  "time": string,
  "status": string,
  "patient_id": integer,
  "patient_visit_id": integer
}

Status codes

Status Code	Description
200	SUCCESSFUL

DELETE /appointments/APPOINTMENT_ID

Parameters

• None

Responses

{
  "message": "appointment deleted successfully"
}

5. Open Postman or ThunderClient (VS Code extension) to try out the endpoints which include:

• /patients
• /patients/<int:id>
• /appointments
• /appointmments/<int:id>

Contributors

1. Mercy Muriithi
2. Joel Nyongesa
3. Medrine Mulindi

Models