This server provides support for the Front-End Frameworks coding labs. It both serves the app files and provides a REST interface for reading and storing data.
The binaries directory contains builds for Windows, Mac OS X
("darwin"), and Linux. Run the appropriate server program to start the server,
supplying the --www= flag to point to your front-end code (e.g. on Mac OS X use
./server_darwin_amd64 --www=../../FEF-UdaciMeals-Backbone)
Use the --log flag to see all of the incoming and outgoing traffic
from the server.
The server serves web files and provides a REST API. The --wwwflag
specifies the directory to be served as / (e.g. ./main --www=../web-files
serves ../web-files/index.html as /index.html)
The server implements a REST API at /api/items:
GET /api/items(no trailing slash) returns an object with a JSON array of menu itemsPUT /api/itemsis disallowed (you cannot put the whole array at once)GET /api/items/[id](e.g.GET /api/items/strawberry-shortcake) gets the menu item with the specified ID and returns it as JSONPUT /api/items/[:id]takes a menu item (JSON format, in the body) and updates the existing item if the ID exists or appends a new one if the ID doesn't exist yet
All of the data is stored in JSON format in the _data directory. menu.json
is the storage file. (The file at server/assets/menu.json
provides the starting values and is compiled into the server binary.)
If you want to modify the code or build for another platform:
- Download and install the Go programming language
- Download or clone this project
- Change into the
serverdirectory - Compile the server:
go build - Run the
serverprogram to start the server.
You can also use the compile.sh script to cross-compile for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
If you want to change the initial data file, install the rice tool from
https://github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice,
edit server/assets/menu.json, and follow the
directions for using embed-go before re-building the binary.