Geo Chat Server

A simple location centric chat server.

For the most part, this is a somewhat interesting pet project. This project also serves as an example of Python web server development using web microframeworks (bottle.py), database integration using SQL Alchemy, good Python packaging and testing practices, and Docker based deployment.

If you happen to find a use for this project or have ideas for extending it, by all means let me know, file an issue, or send me a pull request!

Requirements

Under Docker the requirements are pretty simple: just have Docker installed and running.

To perform builds or installations on a non-Docker enabled host, the requirements are:

• Linux or similar operating system
• PostgreSQL
• PostGIS
• Python
• Python virtualenv
• Python psycopg2
• Python geos

Compatibility

This software has been tested on Fedora Linux, but may also work on other operating systems.

Very Quick Start

The Very Quick Start uses the Docker based build.

Step 1: Run the tests:

$ ./test.sh

Step 2: Run the server:

$ docker run -d -p 8080:8080/tcp --link geochat-test-db:db ajsmith/geochat-server:testing

What just happened?

The test script starts a PostgreSQL database container with PostGIS extensions enabled, then builds the Geochat test images and runs the Python tests. The test script leaves the DB running and the test images available for debugging, and these can be used for typical testing and debugging purposes.