Affoodable

Affoodable is a platform for restaurants to advertise and sell their remaining meals before closing time at a discounted rate. In this way, restaurants can minimize food waste while still being able to increase revenue, and customers can benefit from food discounts.

This is a mobile app that was created using React Native. So far we have only been testing the app on iOS devices.npm

Authors

• Mohammed (Momo) Hossain
• Abraham Lara
• Angella Qian
• Daniel Zarco
• Simon Yang
• Vincent Pietropaolo
• Dennis Woo (Honorable mention)

Setup

Backend - Google Places API

1. Create a Google API key.

   • Make sure you add a billing account, otherwise you can only make up to 5 API request per day. It is pretty cheap, you get 300 dollars for free with the trial and it costs 4 dollars for every 1000 API requests you make on the Atmosphere category (The most expensive category for the Place Search endpoint).
   • Make sure you enable the Places API and the Maps SDK for iOS on the API key you create.

2. Go into the root directory of the repository and create a file called GoogleAPIKey.js.

3. Copy and paste the following to the file:

   module.exports = "YOUR_API_KEY";
   

   Whilst replacing YOUR_API_KEY with your Google API Key. Do not add any other characters.

4. Running node backend/nodejs/PlaceDetails.js should return details for 60 Binney St.

Frontend - Setup for iOS

1. Install dependencies: yarn install or npm install

2. Link react-navigatoon: react-native link react-native-gesture-handler

3. Install pods:

   cd ios/
   pod install
   

4. Using Xcode open affoodable.xcproj located in the ios/ folder:

• Open AppDelegate.m: affoodable/affoodable/AppDelegate.m
• Replace YOUR_KEY_HERE_REMOVE_WHEN_PUSHING with your google maps API Key

5. Run app: react-native run-ios

Notes

Backend - HTTP Requests

The backend must be running in order for requests to work. You can start the backend by running the following commands:

 cd backend/nodejs
 node server.js

From there, you can make a request in the frontend using axios in the following format:

 axios._method_("http://localhost:8000/_field_/_query_", _optional_input_)

Variables with _underscores_ need to be replaced with different things depending on what you are trying to do:

_method_ : A standard HTTP request type, ie get or post

_field_ : One of our database model, ie customers, restaurants, accounts, or deals

_query_ : A route for one of the fields. Available routes can be found in the Affoodable/backend/nodjs/routes directory

_optional_input_ : A json style object for setting properties of an object, only used in post requests

Examples:

• Retrieve active deals for a restaurant with the placeId 12345. axios.get("http://localhost:8000/deals/restaurant/12345")

• Retrieve all deals (both active and inactive) for a restaurant with the placeId 12345. axios.get("http://localhost:8000/deals/restaurant/12345/all")

• Create a new restaurant with an accountId of 'abc123' and a placeId of 'def456. axios.post("http://localhost:8000/restaurants/new", {accountId:'abc123', placeId:'def456'})