From 16ccad9cbf628689f0a290dc06e11e83edf69d80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Joanis <eric.joanis@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:35:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add run-web-api.sh to easy launch dev mode API server

---
 README.md      |  6 ++++++
 run-web-api.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 run-web-api.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15f7b4cf..0e8dea85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ For information on spinning up your own dev Web API server locally, have a look
 
     DEVELOPMENT=1 uvicorn readalongs.web_api:web_api_app --reload
 
+or
+
+    ./run-web-api.sh
+
+Note that the production command line for the Web API is defined in `Procfile` and documented in [web\_api.py](readalongs/web_api.py).
+
 #### /langs
 
 To query a list of available languages in the ReadAlong Studio API, send a GET request to https://readalongs-studio.herokuapp.com/api/v1/langs
diff --git a/run-web-api.sh b/run-web-api.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..54abc174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-web-api.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Convenience script to launch the Web API in development mode.
+# Do not use in production!  (See ../Procfile for the prod launch command.)
+#
+# Usage:
+#    pip install uvicorn
+#    /path/to/run-web-api.sh
+#
+# Further documentation is in readalongs/web_api.py
+
+# Move to the code root directory, so that --reload works correctly.
+CODE_ROOT_PATH=$(dirname $(realpath $0))/readalongs
+cd $CODE_ROOT_PATH
+
+# Launch the Web API with the --reload option, which will automatically reload
+# the server whenver the code changes.
+DEVELOPMENT=1 uvicorn readalongs.web_api:web_api_app --reload