The iDigBio search api is a nodejs that accepts search requests and translates those into backend search requests.
Developers who are interested in using the public iDigBio Search API / iDigBio API v2 service should consult the wiki which includes a list of endpoints, parameters, and query format.
https://github.com/idigbio/idigbio-search-api/wiki
The remainder of this document is for developers who are interested in the internals of the API code itself.
Please contact the iDigBio Technical Team (idigbio@acis.ufl.edu) if you need assistance installing, running, or developing code from this repository.
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NODE_ENV
Default value is "development".
NODE_ENV is used to control certain aspects (such as whether to connect to a local redis use a prod server). Known possible values are "prod", "development", "test", and "beta".
"development" requires redis to be running locally (at localhost:6379)
"prod" uses production redis server.
CLUSTER_WORKERS
Default value is auto-calculated (related to number of CPU cores).
Use CLUSTER_WORKERS to specify number of processes. e.g. for easier debugging of "prod" environment on a developer workstation, set to 1.
LOGGER_LEVEL
Default value is aligned to NODE_ENV, so "development" will log at debug level, "prod" will log at info lovel.
Use LOGGER_LEVEL to specify the severity of events that go into log outputs. Common values are "info" or "debug".
Example to run the "prod" code for debugging purposes:
$ CLUSTER_WORKERS=1 LOGGER_LEVEL=debug NODE_ENV=prod npm start
The following information may not work as-is.
Development requires a redis server at localhost.
sudo apt install redis-server
To install and run on Ubuntu 14.04:
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test;
sudo apt-get update;
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8;
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 20;
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8 20;
sudo g++ --version;
sudo apt-get update ;
sudo apt-get install libjpeg8-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libcairo-dev libgif-dev libmapnik2.2 libmapnik2-dev
npm install
npm start
On Ubuntu 16.04 it may work with fewer steps (TBD), you will still need:
libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libgif-dev.
On Ubuntu 18.04 ... TBD