Getting Started

Pre-requisites and Local Development

Developers using this project should already have Python3, pip and node installed on their local machines.

Backend

From the backend folder run pip install requirements.txt. All required packages are included in the requirements file.

To run the application run the following commands:

export FLASK_APP=flaskr
export FLASK_ENV=development
flask run

or

FLASK_APP=flaskr FLASK_ENV=development flask run

The application is run on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ by default and is a proxy in the frontend configuration.

Frontend

From the frontend folder, run the following commands to start the client:

npm install // only once to install dependencies
npm start 

By default, the frontend will run on localhost:3000.

Tests

In order to run tests navigate to the backend folder and run the following commands:

dropdb bookshelf_test
createdb bookshelf_test
psql bookshelf_test < books.psql
python test_flaskr.py

The first time you run the tests, omit the dropdb command.

All tests are kept in that file and should be maintained as updates are made to app functionality.

API Reference

Getting Started

• Base URL: At present this app can only be run locally and is not hosted as a base URL. The backend app is hosted at the default, http://127.0.0.1:5000/, which is set as a proxy in the frontend configuration.
• Authentication: This version of the application does not require authentication or API keys.

Error Handling

• Response codes
• Messages
• Error types

Endpoints

• Organized by resource
• Include each endpoint
• Sample request
• Arguments including data types
• Response object including status codes and data types

Authors

@muhammet-mucahit