What is Hello Reach Engine?

A sample client application demonstrating basic Reach Engine concepts.

Getting Started

After you have cloned this repo, please set up the application by running:

npm install

Once all the packages are installed you can run the application using this command

npm start

The default port is set to 3000, so you can access the app at this url

http://localhost:3000

Authentication

To login to the Hello Reach Engine App you will need the Reach Engine server URL and the username and password to authenticate with the server

The Reach Engine URL needs to include http://

Example

http://1.0.0.0:8080

Technology

Front-End Framework

React

Build and Package Tools

NPM

Webpack

API Documentation

For a full list of Reach Engine APIs see our API documentation. http://docs.reachengineapi.apiary.io/

Examples

How do I authenticate with the Reach Engine Server?

Take a look at this file: src/components/Loginform/index.js

Find this method in the file: onLoginFormSubmit(e)

The method is using the POST method to this URL: ${reachEngineUrl}/reachengine/api/security/users/login

How do I get a list of assets and search on that list?

Take a look at this file: src/components/Search/index.js

Find this method in the file: search()

How do I get thumbnail images?

Take a look at this file: src/components/app/search/index.js

Find this method: getThumbs()

Software Requirements

The Hello Reach Engine App has been tested with the following:

npm v2.15.1

node v4.4.4

gcc 4.8