zola-search-api

An express.js api that combines mapzen search results with carto database results, providing autcomplete search for ZoLa.

Requirements

You will need the following things properly installed on your computer.

• Git
• Node.js (with yarn) version listed in .nvmrc

Local development

• Clone this repo https://github.com/NYCPlanning/labs-zola-search-api.git
• Install Dependencies yarn
• Start the server yarn run devstart

Architecture

Routes

• /search - gets results that match a string passed in as query parameter q
• e.g. localhost:4000/search/waterfront-park-name?q=esplanade

Types of results

Results in will be JSON objects and will be one of the following types:

address - Mapzen Search geocoder results that matched the input string

lot - A PLUTO tax lot that matched either on bbl or address

zma - A zoning amendment that matched either on ulurpno or project_na

neighborhood - Neighborhoods (from NYC Neighborhood Tabulation Areas) that match the input string.

zoningdistrict - Zoning districts that match the input string.

specialpurposedistrict - Special Purpose Districts whose name matches the input string

commercialoverlay - Commercial Overlays that match the input string.

Backend services

• Carto - Carto instance with MapPLUTO and other Zoning-related datasets
• mapzen search api - Mapzen autocomplete search results

Testing and checks

• ESLint - We use ESLint with Airbnb's rules for JavaScript projects
  • Add an ESLint plugin to your text editor to highlight broken rules while you code
  • You can also run eslint at the command line with the --fix flag to automatically fix some errors.

Deployment

Create dokku remote: git remote add dokku dokku@{dokkudomain}:zola-api Deploy: git push dokku master

Contact us

You can find us on Twitter at @nycplanninglabs, or comment on issues and we'll follow up as soon as we can. If you'd like to send an email, use labs_dl@planning.nyc.gov