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Development Environment Quickstart ​

Prerequisites ​

Prior to setting up the Kitsu development environment, make sure you have the following elements installed:

  • Node.js >= 20.18
  • A Zou development instance up and running on port 5000
  • A Zou Events development instance up and running on port 5001 (optional)

Using the Docker Image ​

You can use our Docker image, but you will need to set two environment variables:

In that case, run the development environment with the following command:

shell
KITSU_API_TARGET=http://localhost/api KITSU_EVENT_TARGET=http://localhost npm run dev

The credentials for the Docker image are: admin@example.com / mysecretpassword

Development ​

To start modifying Kitsu, clone the repository:

shell
git clone https://github.com/cgwire/kitsu.git

Then download the dependencies:

shell
cd kitsu
npm install

Finally, start the development environment and view the results at http://localhost:8080:

shell
npm run dev

Any changes will automatically update the page.

Build ​

To build your code, run this command:

shell
npm run build

Tests ​

Run tests with the following command:

shell
npm run test:unit

Source and dependencies ​

Then get Zou sources:

bash
git clone git@github.com:cgwire/zou.git

Install virtualenvwrapper:

bash
pip install virtualenvwrapper

Add configuration for virtualenvwrapper to your .bashrc:

bash
export WORKON_HOME=directory_for_virtualenvs
VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
source ~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Create a virtual environment with mkvirtualenv:

bash
mkvirtualenv zou
workon zou

Install dependencies:

bash
pip install -r requirements.txt

Init data ​

Create a database in Postgres named zoudb with user postgres and password mysecretpassword. Then init db:

bash
python zou/cli.py clear-db
python zou/cli.py init-db
python zou/cli.py init-data

Create a first user:

bash
python zou/cli.py create-admin super.user@mycgstudio.com --password=mysecretpassword

Run the server ​

bash
PREVIEW_FOLDER=$PWD/previews DEBUG=1 MAIL_DEBUG=1 FLASK_DEBUG=1 FLASK_APP=zou.app INDEXER_KEY=meilimasterkey python zou/debug.py

You can now use the API by requesting http://localhost:5000.

Update database ​

In case of adding/removing attributes of models, you must generate the DB update file:

python zou/cli.py migrate-db

Event server ​

To run the Server Events server used to update the web GUI in realtime, use the following command.

bash
gunicorn --worker-class geventwebsocket.gunicorn.workers.GeventWebSocketWorker -b 127.0.0.1:5001 -w 1 zou.event_stream:app

Tests ​

To run unit tests, we recommend using another database.

Add ffmpeg ​

To run all tests, ffmpeg and ffprobe are required.

Init the search index ​

The search index can be initialized and reset with the following command:

INDEXER_KEY=meilimasterkey DB_DATABASE=zoutest zou reset-search index

Create a testing database ​

In the CLI of the hosting, the PostgreSQL DB executes the following: If Docker, connect with: docker exec -it postgres bash

sudo su -l postgres
psql -c 'create database zoutest;' -U postgres

Run the tests ​

In your zou environment workon zou, execute the tests with the DB_DATABASE environment variable:

INDEXER_KEY=meilimasterkey DB_DATABASE=zoutest py.test

If you want to run a specific test (you can list several):

DB_DATABASE=zoutest py.test tests/models/test_entity_type.py

Debug email sending ​

If you set properly the MAIL_DEBUG=1 flag, the body of each sent email is displayed in the console.

To simplify email testing, we include an email catch-all application in the Docker image to intercept all emails sent by Kitsu. These can be viewed in an included webmail.

Packaging ​

Get the sources, and increment the version located in the zou/__init__.py file. Tag the repository with the new version and run the following commands:

bash
pip install wheel twine
python setup.py bdist_wheel
twine upload dist/<package>.whl