chargEV DB

Abstract

This repository holds the codebase and tools (like a simple web-frontend to visualize latest records) for the chargEV DB. This database has a public (Server-to-Server) API which is implemented using this codebase.

See the documentation the docs folder for technical details of the API and the current API specification.

Development

Setup

Start the MongoDB in Docker:

npm install
docker-compose up -d db
export MONGODB_URI=mongodb://$(docker-machine ip default)/chargevdb

Setup .env

Create a .env file for development:

API_JWT_SECRET=secret

Start the FE

npm run tsc ; npm start

Heroku

This App is currently deployed on Heroku:

https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps/chargev-db

ENV vars

For production set the same env vars listen in the .env file using e.g. heroku config:add.

Get the current MongoDB Dump

Get the current connect Link from mLab (see "installed add-ons" in the Overview section).

The current mongoDB User and Pass are stored in the MONGODB_URI config var (See "Settings" section), als the full URI can be used.

docker-compose exec db mongoexport --quiet --uri $(heroku config:get MONGODB_URI) -c chargeevents > chargeevents.jsonl

Import a MongoDB Dump

docker-compose exec -T db mongoimport -d chargevdb --drop -c chargeevents < chargeevents.jsonl 

License

See the LICENSE file.

Author

Remus Lazar [email protected]