WeCare - Backend server

Backend for the WeCare app allowing efficient collaboration between carers and care users.

Summary of the project and links

This project is about building the backend of a care management platform.

Github repo: Go to Repo Deployed heroku link: Go to Heroku

Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Technologies
• Main logic of the application
• Local Installation
• Deployed Application
• Contact the team

About the project

User Story

AS A WeCare user who is involved in the provision of care services
I CAN access all my relevant care information digitally, in one place and make live changes
SO THAT the quality of care provision is optimised

Technologies

For this project, the following technologies and packages were used to build the backend :

• Node.js v18.2.0 and NPM v8.9.0
• "@faker-js/faker": "^7.5.0",
• "apollo-server": "^3.10.2",
• "axios": "^0.27.2",
• "bcrypt": "^5.0.1",
• "date-fns": "^2.29.2",
• "dotenv": "^16.0.2",
• "graphql": "^16.6.0",
• "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
• "mongoose": "^6.5.4"

For testing of the API calls: Postman. The queries and mutations are compiled in the queries.md file in this repo.

Main logic of the application

Database Models

Our database is built in MongoDB with the following collections of documents and their subdocuments:

• Users:
  • Address
• Supervisors
• Carers:
  • Review
• Patients:
  • CarePlan
• AddressLookup
• Appointments:
  • Review
• Notifications

Associations

Our associations are:

• All users have a user profile, and they have a second profile depending on their role: supervisor, carer or patient
• All appointments reference the carer and the patient involved
• All notifications reference the sender and the receiver involved, and when applicable the appointment involved

Local Installation

Should you wish to get this project installed on your local machine, the following steps are required:

Clone the two repositories:

• https://github.com/C-Sim/we-care-server
• https://github.com/C-Sim/we-care-react

For each repo, go into the new repository and install the required packages:

cd {{repo-name}}
npm install

Once installed, make sure to set the environment variables as per the .env.sample file.

To create and seed information into a local database, from the root folder, open an integrated terminal and enter the instruction below and press enter:

npm run seed

You can check your database in MongoDB Compass and should see your database and all the relevant collections.

To start your backend, enter the following command:

npm run start

Once your server is up and running, you can get the frontend running, and once they are both running, you should be able to use the application as intended.

Deployed application

Backend deployment: Heroku

Frontend deployment: Heroku

When accessing the application, the following sample user accounts can be used:

• Log in as a carer: Darien53@example.org
• Log in as a patient: Riley_Lueilwitz@example.org
• Log in as a supervisor: supervisor@example.org

All seed accounts use the password: password123

Contact the Team

If you have any questions about this application, feel free to get in touch with any member of the team:

• Gurmanpreet Nagra: Github - Portfolio

• Amelie Pira: Github - Portfolio

• Cherelle Simpson: Github - Portfolio

• Nayan Sharma: Github - Portfolio

• JinYi Yu: Github - Portfolio