VAlgoLang API Backend

VAlgoLang API Backend Server using Express and TypeScript

Installation

Docker

If you haven't installed the VAlgoLang Compiler or want a quick way to startup the best way is to use docker:

docker run -p 5000:5000 valgolang/valgolang-backend

And go to localhost:5000 in a browser.

Alternative Instructions

1. Clone this repo
2. Run npm install to get all the dependencies
3. If you'd like the latest published version then run ./fetchCompiler to get the latest compiler (otherwise build your own jar file from the VAlgoLang repo and copy it into the root folder as compiler.jar)
4. Run npm start to start up the API Server (defaults to port 5000)

There is a basic test page to upload a VAlgoLang file to download either a zip or and mp4 containing your animation

Endpoints

There is one main endpoint right now: /compile which takes a form-data as the body

It takes in a file with key "file", and then 2 properties:

• pythonFile (whether or not to download python file too)
• outputName (the output filename for the animation)