ditup / ditapi

REST api for ditup

ditapi

REST API for ditup. The web app for the API is based here.

Follows JSON API specification.

Prerequisities

• Node.js 8.0.0+. We use cutting-edge EcmaScript features like async functions, which are supported since v7.0.1. We use util.promisify, which is supported since node 8.0.0.
• npm v?
• Arangodb v3.0 or later
• maildev
• @todo

Install

• @todo
• clone this repository
• run npm install in the repository folder
• run npm run init to create folders for avatar uploads
• run NODE_ENV=development node ./bin/init-db

Run

NODE_ENV=development npm start

Test

npm run test:watch

Technology

Database

Arangodb is a multi-model NOSQL database. A model we are particularly interested in is graphs. They enable a nice way to model and navigate relationships.

Documentation

API documentation (raw) written with RAML

Development

Linting

Use one of the following:

npm run lint
npm run lint:fix

Testing

We practice behavior-driven development (BDD):

• figure out expected behaviour
• write a failing test of the behavior
• make the test pass
• refactor
• repeat

Use one of the following:

npm test
npm run test:watch

Collaboration

If you want to collaborate on the creation of ditup, let's get in touch.