Mind the Gap Digital Immigratiomn Histories Orphe.us GraphQL Server

An API providing data to the Mind the Gap Frontend at http://gitlab.archimedes.digital/archimedes/mindthegap-orpheus. Built with express and graphql. The application is used for easily making digital collections interfaces. The data model is a simple implementation of a multitenant application that supports many different Projects and their corresponding Collections and Items. User accounts are shared across the application.

Developing

First, clone this repository. Ensure you have installed yarn, node 8.x, Mongo, and Redis installed on your local machine or configure the appropriate .env.*.local file with credentials as necessary to connect to your Mongo and Redis data sources. Then run the following commands:

Install dependencies:

yarn

Start application:

yarn start

The application GraphiQL API explorer should be available at http://localhost:3001/graphiql.

More on environment variables

Priority of environment variables in .env files (client and server):

1. Development:

   1. .env.development.local
   2. .env.development
   3. .env.local
   4. .env

2. Production:

   1. .env.production.local
   2. .env.production
   3. .env.local
   4. .env

!IMPORTANT do NOT commit .env*.local files to the repository. These should be used for personal configuration and secret values.