blockchain-voting-backend

Documentation

To view the OpenAPI documentation:

1. Go to https://editor.swagger.io/
2. Copy'n'paste the content of docs/openapi.yaml into the editor
3. Enjoy!

Build/run with docker

To build this as a docker image run:

docker build -t blockchain-voting-backend .

To run it on docker:

docker run -it --rm --init -p 9999:9999 blockchain-voting-backend

It'll listen on port TCP 9999 for http requests. CTRL-C to stop it.

Build/run old-fashioned

Make sure to have installed:

• NodeJS (current LTS recommendeD)
• TypeScript npm install -g typescript
• The ability to build node-gyp modules

To build:

1. npm install
2. tsc

To run: node ./build/server.js

Configuration

The backend can be configured by some environment variables:

Variable	Description	Default
DB_HOST	Postgres database host	localhost
DB_USER	Postgres database user	votingadmin
DB_PASSWORD	Postgres database password	supersecret
CONTRACT_ADDR	Ethereum smart contract address	0x50ba2e417d573fcd67fab8ee5d6d764b105cd5f7
PORT	HTTP API port to listen on	9999
RPC_URL	URL to the ethereum client RPC	http://localhost:8545