This is a server component that handles some business logic and mediates between frontend and database interfaces.

1. Python 2.7.10 is required.
2. To install Python dependencies use pip install -r requirements.txt. Essentially we need flask plus two plugins flask-cors and flask-login, metapub for PubMed import, and a fork of pyhdb, which is a yet-unmerged pull-request to the official pyhdb repository.
3. The server will assume that the database schema is set up properly.
4. A valid secrets.json file is required in the root folder of the script. It should contain the address, port, and credentials information used to connect to the database (SAP HANA). A sample is given in secrets.json.example.
5. For https, the server will look for a certificate (certificate.crt) and a key (certificate.key) file in its root directory.

Simply run python server.py [staticdir='static/']. The optional parameter staticdir is a path to a directory from which files will be available statically.

(See this repository for the embedded use case)