web-api

A RESTful web API for Gramps

API docs

The documentation of the current state of the API (which is still work in progress) can be browsed with Swagger:

Gramps API docs

Development instructions

Install Gramps

The web API requires the Gramps Python library to be importable. Starting from Gramps 5.2.0, it will be installable via pip. For the time being, the two most convenient options are

1. Use the apt package python3-gramps on Ubuntu
2. Build your own wheel from Gramps master and install it into a virtual environment. Instructions:

python3 -m venv gramps_webapi
source gramps_webapi/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install wheel
git clone https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps.git
cd gramps
python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
python3 -m pip install dist/*.whl

Warning: Gramps master is an unstable development snapshot. Do not use it on your existing family tree.

Install prerequisites

To start development, please install the dependencies by running

pip install requirements-dev.txt

Set up pre-commit hooks

To set up the pre-commit hooks for the repository, run

pre-commit install

in the repository root. This will make sure that all source files are nicely formatted with black.

Run tests

To run the unit tests, run

pytest

in the repository root.

Install the library in editable mode

Run

pip install -e . --user

Generate a configuration file

Example content:

TREE="My Family Tree"
DISABLE_AUTH=True

Run the app in development mode

Run

python -m gramps_webapi --config path/to/config run

The API will be accesible at http://127.0.0.1:5000 by default. To choose a different port, add the --port option.