hackman-server

Server for hackman hackathon management application

Installation for mongo

Since we're all installing on mac and linux, I will add the instructions for both

For Mac:

run:

brew install mongodb

For Linux:

Arch users run:

sudo pacman -Sy mongodb

Debian/Ubuntu users follow the steps outlined here: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

Start mongo

Mac

first create a directory /data/db and run:

mongod

Linux

start mongodb service using the command

sudo service mongod start

then you can check on the database at any time by running

mongo

from the terminal.

Migrate the database

The scripts under database in this repo will run the mongorestore and mongodump based on the scripts you call. Make sure to change the directory that you cloned the repo to in order to make sure the process goes through smoothly.

Start the database

Once mongodb is installed and running we're ready to go! Run the command

npm start

from the /server directory and the server should start. Any issues you can just bug me on slack about.

#Development endpoints for requests: There are several basic endpoints that can be called at the current moment and we are working to add more into the backend of this application.

users

`/api/user/login`
`Method: GET`

accepts:

{
    username: String,
    password: String
}

this will search for a user and return the user object if it is found on the backend. If not it will throw a 404 error.

`/api/user/signup`
`Method: POST`

acccepts parameters of

{
    username: String,   
    email: String,  
    password: String,   
    jwt: String,    
    first_name: String,
    last_name: String,  
    role: String,   
    skills: String  
}

ths endpoint will create a new user and add it to the mongodb backend.

`/api/user/hi`
`Method: GET`

a test endpoint to check that a call is being sent and accepted properly by the backend.