SOSFood

About the Project

SOSFood is a full stack web application built with Node.js, Express, AJAX, Twilio API, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3 and PosgreSQL.

Problem Statement

An application built to simplify online food ordering for pickup.

Expected Usage

Desired users are restaurant owners and customers:

• Restaurant owners will recieve a SMS when an order is placed.

  • The owners can send a SMS with estimated preparation time to notify customers.
  • The owners can check the informtation and status of each order.

• Customers can order from the restaurant menu online.

  • They will be notified when the order has been accepted and how long it will take.
  • They will be notified when the order is ready for pickup.

Getting Started

Install all dependencies using the npm install command.

Setup the database:

• Run knex migrate:latest in your terminal.
• Optional: Set up dummy-data by running knex seed:run in your terminal.

Run the development web server using the 'npm start' command.

Setup twilio and ngrok

• Sign up in twilio and ngrok to require authorization tokens and account sid.
• Use twilio to send and receive message.
• Use ngrok to open the localhost port for twilio webhook to receive message.

Dependencies

• dovenv 4.0.0 or above
• express 4.15.3 or above
• morgan 1.8.2 or above
• node 5.10.x or above
• pg 7.0.2 or above
• twilio 3.5.0 or above

Screenshots

Known Issues

• Login page is only demonstrational

To be implemented

• Add REACT front end
• Implement login and registration to owner page
• Manage orders directly from the orders page
• Allow clients to view the status of their order on the website
• Host the app on a public domain