Getting Started

Before learning about how to write a general purpose client, let’s start by running the existing one.

The live demo:

api in a browser

Run demo server and client

Install dependencies

All dependencies are documented in this Readme and include:

Start applications

  1. Start the database.

You can view this in a browser on http://localhost:8000

  1. Build and run the project with the following environment variables.
    ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT: Development
    ASPNETCORE_URLS: http://localhost:5000
  1. Build and run the client commandline with yarn (or through the IDE, eg WebStorm).

It will open a browser in http://localhost:8080

  1. Browse the API

At some stage, you will need to authenticate. The credentials are at the top of the page.

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