how i can see working project?

[atherdon]

i think screenshot or video will work fine for now, but maybe later we'll need to setup a loopback instance on heroku

[mendoncagary]

i will try setting up it on heroku

[atherdon]

I can help you - i have an example on recipe-api server. will share it here

[atherdon]

"for now I have put the API code in https://github.com/mendoncagary/recipe-dash-api
and the server code in https://github.com/mendoncagary/recipe-dash-admin
I have also hosted both the server and the api on heroku
https://recipe-dash-api.herokuapp.com/explorer/
https://recipe-dash-admin.herokuapp.com/"

@mendoncagary i'll check it soon and came back to you

[atherdon]

Still i want to store code at my repo, in order to have ability to extend team with other developer... and it's send a notifications to my email, so it's essential to find a way. will think about it

[atherdon]

@mendoncagary if i get you right, dash-admin is place where forest is connected, right?
how i can check forest admin, can you give me url, pass, credentials?

[atherdon]

current repos:
https://github.com/mendoncagary/recipe-dash-api
https://github.com/mendoncagary/recipe-dash-admin

[mendoncagary]

the recipe-dash admin is where forest admin is connected. Send me ur email and i will add u in forest admin

[atherdon]

@mendoncagary arthur.tkachenko.netweight@gmail.com

[mendoncagary]

I hv sent u an invite and I will connect the forest admin to loopback. Regarding the models, what should it contain?

[atherdon]

invite was received.

can you make your question clear about models?
main idea was to add models, related to recipes and ingredients at the first steps.

So release #0 for this project will be:
admin can login via forest. using forms he add a new recipes into our database and then via loopback api we'll be able to see that data at json format.
i'm traveling right now. and still not finished my prev reply to you.

if you have time right now and want to go forward, you can check the models logic at this project: https://github.com/ChickenKyiv/recipe-api-only/tree/master/server/models

[atherdon]

link to forest: https://app.forestadmin.com/projects

[atherdon]

@mendoncagary
Reviewed your code.
Notes from me:

1. Our next step can be to move 'forest liana' from clean express install into loopback.
   basically, loopback have ExpressJS inside. i'll share some examples below.

This repository is an official connector between Loopback and forest, but i'm not sure if it works well. it was not updated a lot, so errors is possible.
but we must try it: https://github.com/ForestAdmin/forest-loopback

2. we also can connect using a strict js code, it's not a big deal too, but i want to explore option1
   We have forest init here: https://github.com/mendoncagary/recipe-dash-admin/blob/master/app.js#L30
   We'll need to move it into server file. you can see how i connected express-like middleware at groceristar project: https://github.com/atherdon/groceristar/blob/master/server/server.js

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Question I cannot find any models at dash api folder. i can help with it. you need my help?

• we do not connect to mongo db at loopback.

This can be done, when we create a connection between loopback and forest.
Main idea was to add models, related to recipes and ingredients. A lot of work was done at recipe-api repository. list of models you can see here: https://github.com/ChickenKyiv/recipe-api-only/tree/master/server/models

0. for a first stages we can just copy-paste recipes model & ingredients model
1. in order to import test data we can copy import script from bin folder. i can explain details later...

then we run import script and add data to our mongodb instance. if loopback and forest connected well, we'll be able to see data from mongodb at forest dashboard

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Summary

I think that we must try to install forest-loopback package at api first.
but you need to change this option(readme.md at forest-loopback)
Add the following code to your app.js file:
and connect it at server.js -> similar to groceristar server.js file -> i think it'll help

please tell me if this is clear for you or i must to clarify something. tnx