Venmo-Microservice

A Microservice to help automate the processing of our member's dues.

Planned Tech Stack:

Prerequisites:

Install Node.js
- Verify you have node.js (v12 or higher) installed node -v
Install serverless
- npm install -g serverless
- Check it is installed with serverless -v
Clone the project
- Install our plugins/dependencies for serverless (IaC utility):
  - npm install
  - If you want to be able to develop locally instead of deploying to aws to test code install dynamodb: sls dynamodb install
- Install our python dependencies:
  - pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Create a file called .env in the root directory
- Run the get_access_token.py file (python3 get_access_token.py)
- Add the line it outputs that says VENMO_ACCESS_TOKEN=123123... to your .env file
To run the project locally:
- Make sure you're installed dynamodb locally (sls dynamodb install)
- Start dynamodb in one terminal window/tab: sls dynamodb start
- Run sls wsgi serve in a seperate terminal window/tab
- Checkout this guide here for more info on dynamodb local and a useful GUI tool to view your local database
To deploy the project:
- Setup your aws credentials - guide here
- Run sls deploy

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