CHANGELOG.md: Move unreleased changes to v0.5.0

We only need Solr in the indexing component, not for the API itself.

.travis.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ language: python
 python:
   - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
-  - "3.7"
-install:
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt
+  - "3.7-dev"
+script: pip install -r requirements.txt
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
 
 # vim: ts=2 sw=2 et

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+### [0.5.0] - 2018-10-24
+## Added
+- Example nginx configuration to README.md
+
+## Changed
+- Don't initialize Solr connection in API
+
+### [0.4.3] - 2018-10-17
+## Changed
+- Use pip install as script for Travis CI
+
+## Improved
+- Documentation for deployment and testing
+
 ## [0.4.2] - 2018-10-04
 ### Changed
 - README.md introduction and requirements

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# DSpace Statistics API
+# DSpace Statistics API [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/alanorth/dspace-statistics-api.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/alanorth/dspace-statistics-api)
 A simple REST API to expose Solr view and download statistics for items in a DSpace repository. This project contains a standalone indexing component and a WSGI application.
 
 ## Requirements
@@ -14,14 +14,47 @@ Create a Python virtual environment and install the dependencies:
     $ . venv/bin/activate
     $ pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-Set up the environment variables Solr and PostgreSQL:
+Set up the environment variables for Solr and PostgreSQL:
 
     $ export SOLR_SERVER=http://localhost:8080/solr
-    $ 
+    $ export DATABASE_NAME=dspacestatistics
+    $ export DATABASE_USER=dspacestatistics
+    $ export DATABASE_PASS=dspacestatistics
+    $ export DATABASE_HOST=localhost
+
+Index the Solr statistics core to populate the PostgreSQL database:
+
+    $ ./indexer.py
+
+Run the REST API:
+
     $ gunicorn app:api
 
+Test to see if there are any statistics:
+
+    $ curl 'http://localhost:8000/items?limit=1'
+
 ## Deployment
-There are example systemd service and timer units in the `contrib` directory.
+There are example systemd service and timer units in the `contrib` directory. The API service listens on localhost by default so you will need to expose it publicly using a web server like nginx.
+
+An example nginx configuration is:
+
+```
+server {
+    #...
+
+    location ~ /rest/statistics/?(.*) {
+        access_log /var/log/nginx/statistics.log;
+        proxy_pass http://statistics_api/$1$is_args$args;
+    }
+}
+
+upstream statistics_api {
+    server 127.0.0.1:5000;
+}
+```
+
+This would expose the API at `/rest/statistics`.
 
 ## Using the API
 The API exposes the following endpoints:
@@ -34,12 +67,13 @@ The API exposes the following endpoints:
 ## Todo
 
 - Add API documentation
-- Close up DB connection when gunicorn shuts down gracefully
+- Close DB connection when gunicorn shuts down gracefully
 - Better logging
 - Tests
 - Check if database exists (try/except)
 - Version API
 - Use JSON in PostgreSQL
+- Switch to [Python 3.6+ f-string syntax](https://realpython.com/python-f-strings/)
 
 ## License
 This work is licensed under the [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html).

app.py

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 from database import database_connection
 import falcon
-from solr import solr_connection
 
 db = database_connection()
 db.set_session(readonly=True)
-solr = solr_connection()
 
 class AllItemsResource:
     def on_get(self, req, resp):
@@ -65,6 +63,9 @@ class ItemResource:
 
         cursor.close()
 
+def on_exit(api):
+    print("Shutting down DB")
+
 api = falcon.API()
 api.add_route('/items', AllItemsResource())
 api.add_route('/item/{item_id:int}', ItemResource())

contrib/dspace-statistics-api.service

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Environment=DATABASE_PASS=dspacestatistics
 Environment=DATABASE_HOST=localhost
 User=nobody
 Group=nogroup
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/ilri/dspace-statistics-api
-ExecStart=/opt/ilri/dspace-statistics-api/venv/bin/gunicorn \
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/dspace-statistics-api
+ExecStart=/var/lib/dspace-statistics-api/venv/bin/gunicorn \
           --bind 127.0.0.1:5000                             \
           app:api
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID

contrib/dspace-statistics-indexer.service

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Environment=DATABASE_PASS=dspacestatistics
 Environment=DATABASE_HOST=localhost
 User=nobody
 Group=nogroup
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/ilri/dspace-statistics-api
-ExecStart=/opt/ilri/dspace-statistics-api/venv/bin/python indexer.py
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/dspace-statistics-api
+ExecStart=/var/lib/dspace-statistics-api/venv/bin/python indexer.py
 
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