Installation¶

This application is written in Python (API) and Javascript (client):

API:
- Flask
- gpxpy to parse gpx files
- staticmap to generate a static map image from gpx coordinates
- python-forecast.io to fetch weather data from Dark Sky (former forecast.io)
- dramatiq for task queue
Client:
- React/Redux
- Leaflet to display map
- Recharts to display charts with elevation and speed

Sports and weather icons are made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com.

Prerequisites¶

PostgreSQL database (10+)
Redis for task queue
Python 3.7+
Poetry
Yarn and serve
API key from Dark Sky [not mandatory]
SMTP provider

Installation¶

The following steps describe an installation on Linux systems (tested on Debian and Arch).

On other OS, some issues can be encountered and adaptations may be necessary.

Warning

Since FitTrackee 0.2.1, Python packages installation needs Poetry. To install it on ArchLinux:

$ yay poetry
$ poetry --version
Poetry 1.0.5

# optional
$ poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true

For other OS, see Poetry Documentation

Dev environment¶

Clone this repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/SamR1/FitTrackee.git
$ cd FitTrackee

Update Makefile.config file if needed and copy/paste the ThunderForest and Dark Sky API keys value in Makefile.custom.config file (see Environment variables).
Install Python virtualenv, React and all related packages and initialize the database:

$ make install-dev
$ make install-db

Start the server and the client:

$ make serve

Run dramatiq workers:

$ make run-workers

Open http://localhost:3000 and login (the email is admin@example.com and the password mpwoadmin) or register

Prod environment¶

Warning

Note that FitTrackee is not production-ready yet

Download the last release (for now, it is the beta release v0.3.0):

$ wget https://github.com/SamR1/FitTrackee/archive/v0.3.0-beta.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf v0.3.0-beta.tar.gz
$ mv FitTrackee-0.3.0-beta FitTrackee
$ cd FitTrackee

Update Makefile.config file if needed and copy/paste the ThunderForest and Dark Sky API keys value in Makefile.custom.config file (see Environment variables).
Install Python virtualenv, React and all related packages and initialize the database:

$ make install
$ make install-db

Build the client:

$ make build-client

Start the server and the client:

$ make run

Run dramatiq workers:

$ make run-workers

Open http://localhost:3000, log in as admin (the email is admin@example.com and the password mpwoadmin) and change the password

Upgrade¶

Warning

Before upgrading, make a backup of all data:
- database (with pg_dump for instance)
- upload directory: FitTrackee/fittrackee/fittrackee_api/uploads/

Dev environment¶

Stop the application and pull the repository:

$ git pull

Update Makefile.config and Makefile.custom.config file if needed
Upgrade packages and database:

$ make install-dev
$ make upgrade-db

Restart the server and the client:

$ make serve

Prod environment¶

TODO

Environment variables¶

The following environment variables must be defined in Makefile.custom.config:

variable	description	app default value
`REACT_APP_API_URL`	Fittrackee API URL	no default value, must be initialized
`REACT_APP_GPX_LIMIT_IMPORT`	max. number of gpx file in zip archive	10 (deprecated in 0.3.0)
`REACT_APP_MAX_SINGLE_FILE_SIZE`	max. size of a gpx or picture file	1MB (deprecated in 0.3.0)
`REACT_APP_MAX_ZIP_FILE_SIZE`	max. size of a zip archive	10MB (deprecated in 0.3.0)
`REACT_APP_ALLOW_REGISTRATION`	allows users to register	true (deprecated in 0.3.0)
`REACT_APP_THUNDERFOREST_API_KEY`	ThunderForest API key	(deprecated in 0.x.x, use `TILE_SERVER_URL` and `MAP_ATTRIBUTION` instead)
`TILE_SERVER_URL`	Tile server URL (with api key if needed)	`https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png`
`MAP_ATTRIBUTION`	Map attribution (if using another tile server)	`© <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors`
`UI_URL`	application URL	no default value, must be initialized
`EMAIL_URL`	email URL with credentials	no default value, must be initialized (see below)
`SENDER_EMAIL`	application sender email address	no default value, must be initialized
`REDIS_URL`	Redis instance used by Dramatiq	local Redis instance
`WORKERS_PROCESSES`	number of process used by Dramatiq	no default value, must be initialized

Warning

Since FitTrackee 0.3.0, some applications parameters are now stored in database. Related environment variables are needed to initialize database.

Emails¶

new in 0.3.0

To send emails, a valid EMAIL_URL must be provided:

with an unencrypted SMTP server: smtp://username:password@smtp.example.com:25
with SSL: smtp://username:password@smtp.example.com:465/?ssl=True
with STARTTLS: smtp://username:password@smtp.example.com:587/?tls=True

Map tile server¶

new in 0.x.x

Default tile server is now OpenStreetMap’s standard tile layer (if environment variables are not initialized). The tile server can be changed by updating TILE_SERVER_URL and MAP_ATTRIBUTION variables (list of tile servers).

To keep using ThunderForest Outdoors, the configuration is:

TILE_SERVER_URL=https://{s}.tile.thunderforest.com/outdoors/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?apikey=XXXX where XXXX is ThunderForest API key
MAP_ATTRIBUTION=© <a href="http://www.thunderforest.com/">Thunderforest</a>, © <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors

Note

Check the terms of service of tile provider for map attribution