REST API for WhoDecidesFood, a web application that allows users to track who decides food as a competition. This is a Ruby on Rails application designed to be used as a REST API and the server for the static front-end content.
See the whodecidesfood-app repo for the front-end.
- Michael Meli
- Kylie Geller
Using Ubuntu 16.04:
Install git
sudo apt-get install git
Install ruby dependencies
sudo apt-get install git-core curl zlib1g-dev build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev python-software-properties libffi-dev libpq-dev ruby-rspec-core
Install ruby using rbenv (copy and paste these commands, except potentially updating the version of ruby)
cd
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL
rbenv install 2.6.3
rbenv global 2.6.3
ruby -v
Install bundler
gem install bundler
rbenv rehash
Install a JavaScript runtime, i.e. NodeJS. Use the latest version in the curl below.
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Install rails
gem install rails -v 5.0.0.1
Install postgres and create a user with your login name
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser YOUR_LOGIN_NAME
Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/mjmeli/whodecidesfood-api.git
cd whodecidesfood-api
Install gems
bundle install --without production
To start the server
rails server
To run tests
rspec
Clearing and seeding database
rails db:migrate:reset
rails db:seed
After running the development server as described above, navigate to:
http://localhost:3000/apipie
Alternatively, navigate to the production API documentation:
http://www.whodecidesfood.com/apipie