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Feel free to poke around but note that we weren't actually planning to show this off until next week. :)

For now, try our 60-second demo: https://demo.sandstorm.io (If HN traffic hasn't killed it. ;) )

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(This note written August 26, 2015.)

Sandstorm App Market

App Market front-end for the Sandstorm.io platform for personal servers.

Getting started guide for new developers

Settings

You will need to supply a settings.json file as follows:

{
  "public": {
    "API": "[Sandstorm Apps API endpoint]",
    "INDEX_OVERRIDE_URL": "[OPTIONAL - override the app index endpoint]",
    "APP_OVERRIDE_URL": "[OPTIONAL - override the app detail endpoint]",
    "IMAGE_OVERRIDE_URL": "[OPTIONAL - override the app images endpoint]",
    "PACKAGE_OVERRIDE_URL": "[OPTIONAL - override the app spks endpoint]",
    "FLAG_URl": "[URL to which to POST app flag details]"
  }
}

Running the app

Sandstorm App Store runs on Meteor. To install Meteor locally:

curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh

Meteor comes with an integrated CLI which will build and serve the app locally, and also deploy the application to Meteor's own servers (useful for testing).

To clone and run the app locally (once you've configured storage as per above):

git clone git@github.com:tableflip/sandstorm-app-market-public.git
cd sandstorm-app-market-public/app
meteor run --settings settings.json

The app will be served at localhost:3000.

Configuring service accounts for OAuth

In order to login with social auth providers, you will need to insert the following docs into the mongo meteor_accounts_loginServiceConfiguration collection:

{ "service" : "github", "clientId" : "[YOUR_ID]", "secret" : "[YOUR_SECRET]" }
{ "service" : "google", "clientId" : "[YOUR_ID]", "secret" : "[YOUR_SECRET]", "loginStyle" : "popup" }

You can obtain the required credentials as follows:

Google

• Create a project here, singing up first if required.
• Select APIs & Auth => Consent screen from the menu on the left and enter a name for the app (e.g. "Sandstorm App Market"). Save it.
• Then, select APIs & Auth => Credentials and click Create new Client ID and select Web Application.
• Change the homepage to match your site's homepage (or http://localhost:3000 if running in development). Change the authorized redirect URL to [HOMEPAGE]/_oauth/google.
• The Client ID and Secret should appear on the right hand side of the screen presently.

Github

• Create a project here.
• Change the homepage to match your site's homepage (or http://localhost:3000 if running in development). Change the authorized redirect URL to [HOMEPAGE]/_oauth/github.
• The Client ID and Secret will appear near the top of the page after you submit.