# HIVE API Portal

Hive is the social media platform where everyone gets paid for creating and curating content.

The following API documents provide details on how to interact with the Hive blockchain database API which can get information on accounts, content, blocks and much more!

The developer portal will also serve as a toolbox for Hive clients, libraries, and language wrappers.

## Develop

Hive Portal was built with [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) version 3.1.6, but should support newer versions as well.

Install the dependencies with [Bundler](http://bundler.io/):

~~~bash
$ bundle install
~~~

In case of installation problems, make sure you have a ruby development environment installed. If not, install it with:

```bash
sudo apt-get install ruby-dev
```

Run `jekyll` commands through Bundler to ensure you're using the right versions:

~~~bash
$ bundle exec jekyll serve
~~~

You can now test locally at
~~~bash
http://localhost:4000
~~~

Optionally, when running `jekyll` commands through Bundler, append `--host x.x.x.x` with the external IP address of the server to be able to connect remotely:
~~~bash
$ bundle exec jekyll serve --host x.x.x.x
~~~
~~~bash
http://x.x.x.x:4000
~~~

## Rake Tasks

This application uses `rake` (Ruby's make command) to execute maintenance tasks.  You can see the complete list of tasks by typing:

```bash
$ bundle exec rake -T
```

### Production Deploy

When you're ready to deploy this application to production, make sure you have nothing to commit and your working tree is clean, then type:

```bash
$ bundle exec rake production:deploy
```

The above command will deploy the current site to `gh-pages`.

To reverse a previous bad deploy, use:

```bash
$ bundle exec rake production:rollback
```

### Managing API Definitions

This application maintains a copy of API Definitions in `_data/apidefinitions` in YAML format.  The purpose of these `.yml` files is to reflect details of each method.

In order to accurately synchronize the `.yml` files, we've added a `rake` task to evaluate the current state of the actual API, as reflected by the `jsonrpc` methods.

This command will check the current state of the API Definitions, report any differences, and write a new `.yml` file if these differences exist:

```bash
$ bundle exec rake scrape:api_defs
```

Typical output:

```
Definitions for: account_by_key_api, methods: 1
Definitions for: account_history_api, methods: 3
Definitions for: condenser_api, methods: 85
Definitions for: database_api, methods: 46
Definitions for: follow_api, methods: 10
Definitions for: jsonrpc, methods: 2
Definitions for: market_history_api, methods: 7
Definitions for: network_broadcast_api, methods: 3
Definitions for: tags_api, methods: 20
Definitions for: witness_api, methods: 2
Methods added or changed: 0
```

If you're interested in running the scrape against a different server, run the command like so:

```bash
$ TEST_NODE=<some server url> bundle exec rake scrape:api_defs
```

An example pointing at the Hivedev testnet:

```bash
$ TEST_NODE=https://testnet.Hivedev.com bundle exec rake scrape:api_defs
```

### Tests

To test all `curl` examples, use the following `rake` task:

```bash
$ bundle exec rake test:curl
```

Or, to test specific API namespaces, use:

```bash
$ bundle exec rake test:curl["follow_api witness_api"]
```

If you're interested in running this test against a different server, run the command like so

```bash
$ TEST_NODE=<some server url> bundle exec rake test:curl
```

An example pointing at the Hivedev testnet

```bash
$ TEST_NODE=https://testnet.Hivedev.com bundle exec rake test:curl
```
