Server

Pandora's Box

This server is hosted at (http://pandoras-box-team.herokuapp.com/).

Summary

Pandora's Box is a mobile app and Internet of Things project designed to streamline and gamify Interactions with parents and children on the subject of chores or tasks. It sets up a system where there is a tangible reward controlled by the mobile application.

Parents create tasks remotely and approve them but the kids ultimately get the satisfaction of remotely opening the box to get their reward.

Installing

NOTE: You will need clone this server repo, the client repo at (https://github.com/pandoras-box/Client) and the Raspberry Pi server repo at (https://github.com/pandoras-box/Pi-Server).

• Fork and clone this repo
• $ cd into the folder and $ npm install
• Create a PSQL database named pandora-db
• Run $ knex migrate:latest and $ knex seed:run
• See the example.env file for needed Environment variables
  • Don't forget to create your own .env file with your project's specific Environment variables
• Create a FaceBook Developer account for OAuth authorization
• Launch nodemon on the server with $ PORT=5000 nodemon from the root of the sever repo
  • This will let you test the client with $ ionic serve --lab which defaults to port 3000
• Your server is now ready to connect to the mobile clients and RPi