Stuff

Stuff is a database you can use to see the physical resources available to you in Computer Science House. You can see what we have available, who is/has been using it, and link to any relevant documentation or projects.

Setup

Requires Python & MongoDB

Python Dependencies

Use pip install -r requirements.txt to install the required python dependencies. Using virtualenv is recommeded when installing packages for python.

Environment Variables

Stuff requires access to OIDC and s3 to operate properly. This is done by obtaining a client id and secret for each service.

Set these variables before attempting to start Stuff

• IMAGE_URL - URL where game thumbnails are hosted
• MONGODB_DATABASE - Set to whatever Stuff database will be called
• SECRET_KEY - Set to anything, but keep it a secret
• SERVER_NAME - Set to localhost:5000 for use with CSH auth
• URL_SCHEME - Set to http for CSH auth

For OIDC information contact a maintainer of Stuff

• OIDC_CLIENT_ID
• OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET
• OIDC_ISSUER

For s3 credentials contact a maintainer of Stuff

• S3_BUCKET
• S3_KEY
• S3_SECRET
• S3_ENDPOINT

Running Stuff

Start Stuff by using python wsgi.py in the projects root directory

The project should be running at localhost:5000