Chimerical Conversions: Server Component

An API for converting things: conversions-api.chimerical.ca.

View the app component: Chimerical Conversions: App Component.

Setup

Windows

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2017
• .NET Core 2.0 development tools - easier to install within the VS 2017 installer
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Recommended: Azure Data Studio or Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Steps

1. Setup conversions-app
2. Clone the repo
3. Open the ConversionsServer.sln file in VS
4. Build the solution
5. Open the appsettings.json file in the ConversionsApi project and update the connection string for your database
6. Set the ConversionsApi as the default startup project
7. Run the program
8. Open https://localhost:44300/api in your browser. You should see 'ConversionsApi'

Ubuntu

Requirements

• dotnet core runtime
• Microsoft SQL Server

Steps

1. Setup conversions-app
2. Clone the repo
3. Run dotnet build Conversions.sln -c Debug
4. Open the appsettings.json file in the ConversionsApi project and update the connection string for your database
5. Cd into ConversionsApi/bin/Debug
6. Run dotnet ConversionsApi.dll
7. Open https://localhost:5001/api in your browser. You should see 'ConversionsApi'

Development plan

View the Trello board containing the development plan.