The New SpartaHack API

Steps to run a local copy of SpartaHackAPI

1. Install virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper to the global python installation (source Virtualenv and Virtualenvwrapper)

   pip3 install virtualenv

   pip3 install virtualenvwrapper

   And add the following three lines to your shell startup file (.zshrc, .bashrc, .profile, etc.)
   Python location might change depending on what OS you are using(on MacOS it was stored in /usr/local/bin/python3), for Ubuntu 16.04:

   export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
   export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
   source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

2. Clone the API and cd into it

3. Create a virtualenv using mkvirtualenv [VIRTUALENV_NAME] using the virtualenvwrapper

   • Side Note: This will create the environment at the location you selected(the location put in your .zshrc)

4. Switch the python interpreter to the virtualenv using workon [VIRTUALENV_NAME]

5. Install the dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Install RabbitMQ server using sudo apt install rabbitmq-server

7. With RabbitMQ server running (it will after first install otherwise run it using sudo rabbitmq-server)

   sudo rabbitmqctl add_user dev mypassword

   sudo rabbitmqctl add_vhost db_tasks

   sudo rabbitmqctl set_user_tags dev database_tasks

   sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p db_tasks dev ".*" ".*" ".*"

   Substitute mypassword with a good password and update the password in CELERY_BROKER_URL variable in .env file acquired in the next step

8. Get the enviorment file from Yash or Nate for accessing the important environment variables.

You're good to go!