MLH Prep Project

MLH Prep Project for Pod 22.OCT.PREP.1

Table of contents

• Local Project Setup
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Docker Setup
• Environment Variables

Local Project Setup

Follow the steps below to setup the project on your local machine according to the operating system you are using.

Windows

Using npm

• Step 1: Install Node.js and npm

You can skip this step if you have node installed on your system.

Open the link below to install Node.js and npm on your system.

https://nodejs.org/en/download/

• Step 2: Install all the dependencies

npm install

• Step 3: Create a .env file and insert your api key:

You can generate an api key by clicking on this link.

• REACT_APP_APIKEY

  • Step 1: Go to this url and sign up. https://openweathermap.org/current
  • Step 2: Generate the API key in the My API Keys section and add that in .env file.

• REACT_APP_GEOKEY

  • Step 1: Go to this url and sign up. https://myprojects.geoapify.com/projects
  • Step 2: Create a new project and under "Choose a Geoapify API" dropdown select "Places API".
  • Step 3: Add the generated key in .env file.

• REACT_APP_AUTOCOMPLETE_LOCATION_APIKEY

  • Step 1: Same as above.
  • Step 2: Create a new project and under "Choose a Geoapify API" dropdown select "Autocomplete API".
  • Step 3: Add the generated key in .env file.

• REACT_APP_ALERTKEY:

  • Sign Up at :https://www.weatherbit.io/
  • Generate api key
  • Add this to your env file

  Add the following in your .env file and replace Your_Api_Key with the api key generated

• REACT_APP_WEEKLYFORECASTAPIKEY

  • Step 1: Go to this url and sign up. https://www.weatherapi.com/
  • Step 2: Login into the account with the credentials & switch to the "Accounts" section on the left navbar.
  • Step 3: Add the generated key in .env file.

REACT_APP_APIKEY=Your_Api_Key
REACT_APP_GEOKEY=Your_Api_Key
REACT_APP_AUTOCOMPLETE_LOCATION_APIKEY=Your_Api_Key
REACT_APP_ALERTKEY=Your_Api_Key
REACT_APP_WEEKLYFORECASTAPIKEY=Your_Api_Key

• Step 4: Start the server:

npm start

You can view your project at http://localhost:3000/.

Using yarn

• Step 1: Install Node.js and npm

You can skip this step if you have node installed on your system.

Open the link below to install Node.js and npm on your system.

https://nodejs.org/en/download/

• Step 2: Install yarn

You can skip this if you have the yarn installed on your system. Make sure it is the latest stable version.

Run the following command in Powershell.

npm install --global yarn

• Step 3: Install the dependencies

yarn install

or simply

yarn 

Note: The yarn.lock may cause issues with the installation of dependencies. If you face this issue, try deleting the yarn.lock file and repeat the command above.

• Step 4: Start the server

yarn start

Linux

Using npm

• Step 1: Install the Curl Command-Line Tool

You can skip this step if you have curl installed on your system.

sudo apt install curl

• Step 2: Install Node.js and npm

You can skip this step if you have node installed on your system. Make sure it is the latest stable version.

Open the link below to install Node.js and npm for your specific distribution.

https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md

• Step 3: Install all the dependencies

npm install

• Step 4: Start the server.

npm start

You can view your project at http://localhost:3000/.

Using yarn

• Step 1: Install the Curl Command-Line Tool

You can skip this step if you have curl installed on your system.

sudo apt install curl

• Step 2: Install Node.js and npm

You can skip this step if you have node installed on your system. Make sure it is the latest stable version.

Open the link below to install Node.js and npm for your specific distribution.

https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md

• Step 3: Install yarn

You can skip this if you have the yarn installed on your system. Make sure it is the latest stable version.

npm install --global yarn

• Step 4: Install the dependencies

yarn install

or simply

yarn 

• Step 5: Start the server

yarn start

Docker Setup

!!! Have your environment file ready before running the container !!!

This project contains 2 Dockerfiles := Dockerfile.dev and Dockerfile.prod for development and production environment respectively.

These 2 enviroments are :-

1. react-dev := For running the app in development setting
2. react-prod := For running on production ecosystem.

In order to run them simply choose from one of the above and replace them for env-name

$ docker-compose up <env-name>

Both of these environment would be live at localhost:3000

Make Your Own Image

To make your own image, choose from any of the above mentioned Dockerfile and simply run

$ docker build -t <image_name> -f <dockerfile_name> .

Environment Variables

Create a .env file to insert your API keys. You can refer to the example.env format for more information.

REACT_APP_APIKEY

• Step 1: Go to this url and sign up. https://openweathermap.org/current

• Step 2: Generate the API key in the My API Keys section and add that in .env file.

REACT_APP_GEOKEY

• Step 1: Go to this url and sign up. https://myprojects.geoapify.com/projects

• Step 2: Create a new project and under "Choose a Geoapify API" dropdown select "Places API".

• Step 3: Add the generated key in .env file.

REACT_APP_AUTOCOMPLETE_LOCATION_APIKEY

• Step 1: Same as above.
• Step 2: Create a new project and under "Choose a Geoapify API" dropdown select "Autocomplete API".
• Step 3: Add the generated key in .env file.

Add the following in your .env file and replace Your_Api_Key with the API key generated

REACT_APP_APIKEY=Your_Api_Key
REACT_APP_GEOKEY=Your_Api_Key
REACT_APP_AUTOCOMPLETE_LOCATION_APIKEY=Your_Api_Key