Getting started with the LBDserver backend

Prerequisites

• Make sure you have nodejs and npm installed.
• The backend communicates with different databases at the same time. You need to install MongoDB and GraphDB.
• (Optional) Create a dedicated folder for all your LBDserver downloads.

Installation

• (option 1a: using git) - run git clone https://github.com/LBDserver/front-react.git in your favourite terminal, in your favourite folder.
• (option 1b: using ZIP folders) - Go to the CODE button at the top of the repository and click Download ZIP. Extract the folder.
• Once the repository is extracted, run npm install to install the necessary modules.
• Create a dev.env file in the >config directory, and copy the items from dev.env.template. You can change ports, token secrets, admin configuration etc. in this .dev file.

Startup

• Start both MongoDB and GraphDB. By default they will run respectively on port 27017 and port 7200.
• Run the command npm run dev in a terminal (in the folder where you installed this repository)
• The application will be hosted on port 5000. You may find it at http://localhost:5000.

API

• The OpenAPI specifications are automatically generated and available on "http://localhost:5000/docs". However, it is recommended to use the higher level functions provided in the npm package "lbd-server", which are are documented at the LBDserver API github repository.