# OVDashboard API

This API enables the OVDashboard UI to run.


## Quick Start

Preferably, use the `docker` image at `TODO` to run this API and its UI simultaneously. Refer to the [main README](../README.md) for how to do that.


## Running the API without a container

Install the `ovdashboard_api` python package, you can:

- use `uvicorn` or another ASGI runner to start the app object `ovdashboard_api:app` <br />
Example: `uvicorn 'ovdashboard_api:app'`
- run the provided `ovdashboard-api` script &ndash; this is basically a shorthand for `uvicorn`
- use `gunicorn` or another application server with ASGI workers (can be provided by `uvicorn`) <br />
Example: `gunicorn 'ovdashboard_api:app' --worker-class uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker` 


## Configuration

The OVDashboard API is fully configured by environment variables or an `.env` file in the current working directory. Refer to the [main README](../README.md) for the list of variables.


## Dependencies

Refer to your distribution's manual for how to install these dependencies.

- Python 3.9 with pip <br />
If `python3 --version` shows "Python 3.9" or later, and `python3 -m pip` does execute, you're good to go
- git (recommended)
- libmagic


## Installation

If `git` is installed, install `ovdashboard_api` directly using this command:

    python3 -m pip install 'git+https://TODO#egg=ovdashboard_api&subdirectory=api'

If installing `git` is not an option, just [download and extract this repository's archive](TODO), then use the local path instead of the `git+https` URL for `pip install`.