Biomaterial Search Engine

The project aims to provide users with useful information regarding biomaterials they are looking for and sources data from a 3rd party API (Application Programming Interface) to collect and show the results. Cients using this application would be able to see results based on element name or using Material Id.

Project Link: http://biomaterial.centralus.cloudapp.azure.com

Features

• Search for biomaterials and elements
• View results and find the test result for each element
• Download raw JSON file

Installation

Import the source code from repository

Install NodeJS (https://nodejs.org/en/download/)

Open terminal and run following command to install Sails Js

npm install sails -g

Running the application

Generate and store API key from Materials Project to run the project

1. Navigate to https://www.materialsproject.org/open
2. Look for Login to the Materials Project and generate API key text
3. Generate the API key by registering for the project
4. After API key is generated, navigate to custom.js file inside config folder and paste the key in materialProjectKey field.

Run your sails app Open terminal and move to your folder where project is located and run following command to install necessary packages

Downloading axios

npm install axios

Downloading and saving lodash

npm i -g npm
npm i --save lodash

Start your application

sails lift