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Discovery sample application
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Demo: https://discovery-news-demo.ng.bluemix.net/
Prerequisites
- Sign up for an IBM Cloud account.
- Download the IBM Cloud CLI.
- Create an instance of the Discovery service and get your credentials:
- Go to the Discovery page in the IBM Cloud Catalog.
- Log in to your IBM Cloud account.
- Click Create.
- Click Show to view the service credentials.
- Copy the
apikey
value, or copy theusername
andpassword
values if your service instance doesn't provide anapikey
. - Copy the
url
value.
Configuring the application
In the application folder, copy the .env.example file and create a file called .env
cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file and add the service credentials that you obtained in the previous step.
Example .env file that configures the
apikey
andurl
for a Discovery service instance hosted in the US East region:DISCOVERY_IAM_APIKEY=X4rbi8vwZmKpXfowaS3GAsA7vdy17Qh7km5D6EzKLHL2 DISCOVERY_URL=https://gateway-wdc.watsonplatform.net/discovery/api
- If your service instance uses
username
andpassword
credentials, add theDISCOVERY_USERNAME
andDISCOVERY_PASSWORD
variables to the .env file.
Example .env file that configures the
username
,password
, andurl
for a Discovery service instance hosted in the Sydney region:DISCOVERY_USERNAME=522be-7b41-ab44-dec3-g1eab2ha73c6 DISCOVERY_PASSWORD=A4Z5BdGENrwu8 DISCOVERY_URL=https://gateway-syd.watsonplatform.net/discovery/api
- If your service instance uses
Running locally
Install the dependencies
npm install
Build the application
npm run build
Run the application
npm start
View the application in a browser at
localhost:3000
Deploying to IBM Cloud as a Cloud Foundry Application
Build the application
npm run build
Login to IBM Cloud with the IBM Cloud CLI
ibmcloud login
Target a Cloud Foundry organization and space.
ibmcloud target --cf
Edit the manifest.yml file. Change the name field to something unique. For example,
- name: my-app-name
.Deploy the application
ibmcloud app push
View the application online at the app URL, for example: https://my-app-name.mybluemix.net
Tests
Unit tests
Run unit tests with npm run test-unit
, then a
to run all tests. See the output for more info.
Integration tests
First you have to make sure your code is built: npm run build
Then run integration tests with: npm run test-integration-runner
Directory structure
.
├── app.js // express routes
├── config // express configuration
│ ├── error-handler.js
│ ├── express.js
│ └── security.js
├── package.json
├── public // static resources
├── server.js // entry point
├── test // integration tests
└── src // react client
├── __test__ // unit tests
└── index.js // app entry point
License
This sample code is licensed under the MIT License.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.
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