Cathay Hackathon - Recommendation System

This is a recommendation system fully built on recommendationRaccoon Engine and majorly referenced from the recommendationRaccoon Demo App

Dependencies

• Async
• CSV
• Express
• Postgres
• Sequelize
• Node
• Raccoon
• Redis
• Underscore

recommendationRaccoon Engine Repo

• https://github.com/guymorita/recommendationRaccoon

recommendationRaccoon Demo App

• https://github.com/guymorita/Mosaic-Films---Recommendation-Engine-Demo

How to install locally

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/terrence-au/recommendation_system.git

2. Install dependencies

Navigate to folder

cd recommendation_system

npm install

2a. Install a Redis (configure if necessary in lib/config.js)

brew install redis

2b. Install Postgres (configure if necessary in lib/config.js)

brew install postgres

Start up postgres server

postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres

Create a database

createdb mosaic

4. Import Sample Data

node lib/importItems.js

3. Boot up servers in separate terminal windows

redis-server

postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres

node node-server.js

5. It's ready! Try the home page

• http://localhost:3000/