core

Overview

This project provides the OpenDota API for consumption.
Raw data comes from the WebAPI provided by Valve and fully automated parsing of match replays (.dem files).
A public deployment of this code is maintained by The OpenDota Project.

Install Docker: curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh. If you are on Windows, make sure you shared the working drive with Docker.
Create .env file with required config values in KEY=VALUE format (see config.js for a full listing of options) cp .env_example .env
- STEAM_API_KEY You need this in order to access the Steam Web API, which is used to fetch basic match data, player profile data, and cosmetic item data.
- STEAM_USER, STEAM_PASS A Steam account is required to fetch replay salts. It is recommended to use a new account for this purpose (you won't be able to use the account on two different hosts at the same time). This is not required if you don't need to download/parse replays.
Start containers and initialize databases: docker-compose up
Make some changes and commit them.
Submit a pull request. Wait for it to be reviewed and merged.
Congratulations! You're a contributor.

The API runs on port 5000 by default.
File changes made in the host directory get mirrored into the container.
Get a terminal into the running container: docker exec -it odota-core bash
The process manager pm2 is used to manage the individual services. Each is run as a single Node.js process. Services get restarted when file changes are detected (watch mode).
- pm2 list See the currently running services.
- pm2 start manifest.json Start all the services.
- pm2 start svc/web.js --watch This starts a specific service and enables watch mode on it.
- pm2 logs web Inspect the output of a service.
- pm2 delete all Stop and remove all the services.
Tests are written using the mocha framework.
- npm test runs the full test suite.
- Use mocha CLI for more fine-grained control over the tests you want to run.
Starter data
- You can request some parses by ID to get some parsed data.
- You can also run scanner to get some matches from the API.

Join us on Discord (https://discord.gg/0o5SQGbXuWCNDcaF)! We're always happy to help and answer questions.
The following blog posts may help you understand the codebase/architecture:
- Architecture: https://odota.github.io/blog/2016/05/15/architecture/
- Deployment/Infrastructure: https://odota.github.io/blog/2016/08/10/deployment/
- General Learnings: https://odota.github.io/blog/2016/05/13/learnings/