WCS Points API

The WCS Points API is used to manage WCS members' points and facilitate sign-in for events, office hours, and more.

Installation

• Clone or download this repository
• Install node and yarn
• Copy the .env.example file to .env and modify the variables as needed

yarn
yarn dev

It will start up on 127.0.0.1:3000. You can then make API calls through an application like Postman.

Environment Variables

• PORT: The port that Express will listen on (must be 3000 for Shibboleth to work).
• NODE_ENV: Setting this to development will make Shibboleth work locally and serve stacktraces.
• SESSION_SECRET: The secret used by express-session. Can be set to anything.
• MONGODB_URI: The MongoDB connection URI.
• BASE_URL: The URL to the frontend. Redirected to here after authenticating.
• CHECK_IN_GRACE_PERIOD: The period that a member can check in after an event has ended. Stored in milliseconds.
• CALLBACK_URL: Shibboleth callback URL. Must be http://127.0.0.1:3000/auth/callback when developing locally.

Contact

Feel free to reach out to contact@illinoiswcs.org with any questions or feedback!