mkirby / Plant-Project-BE

A global plant management app for plant enthusiasts to view botanical data and manage their collection of plants.

PLANT APP README

A global plant management app for plant enthusiasts to view botanical data and manage their collection of plants.

• Dynamically pulled, searched, and rendered plant data from the Trefle API containing over 400 thousand plants.
• Programmed user interface employing React and CSS styling to add plants to a cart prior to a user’s collection.
• Utilized JSON Web Tokens and localStorage to store encrypted information client-side on login and registration.

Ruby on Rails Backend: Repo

React Frontend: Repo

Current Setup Instructions

• Clone Repo
• bundle install
• bundle exec figaro install
• Add required ENV variables (see below)
• Run `rails db:seed'
• Start the backend server with 'rails s'

Figuro stores ENV variables in config/application.yml. Two ENV variables are required for the app to work.

• jwt_key: "SECRET"
• trefle_api_key: "KEY"

Seed Data

• Trefle.io - A global plants API

Packages

• Active Model Serializers
• jwt
• faker
• figaro
• rest-client

Domain Model

Component Hierarchy

Home Page

Collection Page

Search Page

Botanical Data Modal

A Brian Feldman and Matthew Kirby app