quickstart-web-npm-js

Setup license key

Go to https://developer.deepar.ai
Sign up
Create a project and a Web app
Copy the license key
Paste it into src/index.js (replace your_license_key_goes_here)

Test locally

Open the terminal in the root of the project
Run npm install

Test on desktop

Run npm run dev
If the browser doesn't open automatically, open http://localhost:8888

Make sure to use external webcam to be able to test feet tracking properly. Or better yet, test on mobile.

Test on mobile

To test on mobile we need to setup a local server that can be accessed via https on the mobile browsers. For that we will use Ngrok.

1. Ngrok Setup

For Ngrok setup, the first thing you need is to go to the Ngrok website and sign in. After you sign in into Ngrok go to Ngrok Dashboard and follow the steps to download the ngrok installation file.

2. Ngrok tunnel

Open a new terminal and run the Ngrok HTTP tunnel on port 8888.

ngrok http 8888

Now you should have Ngrok running and a https URL listed in your terminal. Copy the URL (except for the "https://" part) for the next step.

3. Project setup

In order for DeepAR web app to work it needs a license key that is connected to the website domain. We will create a free license key for the Ngrok domain just for testing purposes.

Go to DeepAR developer projects page and click + NEW PROJECT.
Give it a name and choose a free tier.
Under the "Web app" click + ADD APP
Paste the Ngrok domain from the terminal. Something like '7940-188-252-198-101.eu.ngrok.io'. Remember NOT to copy the "https://" part.
Click COPY SDK KEY and paste it in the src/index.js in place of 'your_license_key_goes_here'.

3. Run the web app

Now we need to run a local server. For that we are goin to use a simple python http server. From our experiance, webpack dev server doesn't work well with Ngrok. Make sure to use the web app on one client only, since python server cannot serve multiple clients. That means that you cannot have it open in multiple tabs or that it cannot be running on desktop and mobile browser at the same time.

Open a new terminal (don't close the one with Ngrok running) build the web app.

npm run build

Now run the local server on port 8888 in the dist directory.

cd dist
python -mhttp.server 8888

This should now be serving your web app from the local server.

Run the web app on mobile

Copy the https URL from the Ngrok terminal, something like 'https://7940-188-252-198-101.eu.ngrok.io'.
Generate a QR code from the URL, you can use https://qr.io/.
Scan the QR code on your mobile and test the web app.

DeepARSDK/shoetryon-web-js