Im building a simple angular application and there is a small administrator panel for updating the content (a .json document). I'm looking for a way to edit the json document from the administrator panel.
I can manipulate the memory-loaded json but I can't save it. Is there a way to put the json file in some kind of cloud database and connect to it without setting up a server or backend for my application?
I want my application to be easily deployable on any ftp so I can't setup a nodeserver or install something like couchdb.
Any ideas are appreciated.
You could use a provider like Parse. It's free (up to a limit of requests/month), has a nice JavaScript SDK that would get you up and running quickly. https://parse.com/
Also, check out this query builder to aid in retrieving your data from Parse. It's built as an Angular service for easy integration. https://github.com/dpollot/parse-query
EDIT
Parse also offers hosting, for free.
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I am learning web dev and I am planning on developing a simple web app using React: a decision matrix tool.
I need users to be able log in and save their matrices under their profile so I prefer to not use LocalStorage and thus learn more about databases. I am thinking of using JSON as the data format and I will also need to store basics user data for login and their profile.
I wonder how to tackle such a project since so far I have only been using GitHub Pages to host my static websites. Most of what I find by googling seems confusing or irrelevant for such a small-sized project.
My questions are:
What is the simplest way to store, access and edit JSON data as well as user data for a web app?
Are there any simple databases that can be “hosted” together with the app files on a server? Not sure if the question makes sense but I don’t understand where the database is.
What article or resource would you recommend to understand the concepts for data storage?
Ideally you would want to create a backend server using any language/framework e.g nodejs, java, django, php etc and expose the required data through APIs. But, if you don't want to create a separate backend app you can use Firebase database Firestore to save and fetch all of your required data. You can even use firebase hosting to deploy your app. Moreover, firebase also have their Authentication service which you can leverage for your app's authentication.
Well, probably this is a stupid question, but after to surfing the web the last week...this is my last shot.
Questions:
It is possible to create an API to call a SQL database to retrieve records?..In a secure way..?
What apps/tools/methods can I use? hopefully...VS, Python, PowerShell...etc
Can I encrypt that call?and create a method to decipher the data?
I'm not the app owner, what questions should I make to the app developer?
FYI Currently I cannot use cloud vendors or third party tools to do the transformation :(. But if there is a strong tool/vendor maybe I can negotiate it.
I have consulted:
API to database: API to Database?
How to quickly create a simple REST API for SQL Server database - https://medium.com/voobans-tech-stories/how-to-quickly-create-a-simple-rest-api-for-sql-server-database-7ddb595f751a
Any ideas?
Try rolling out redash with the bitnami stack. It's free, as in speech.
Bitnami will take care of setting up https etc if you do it on AWS. You need a t2-small I think. There's how-tos for let's encrypt etc also.
You can dish out links to "widgets" with an embedded API key. The widgets can be json or csv. They will only provide access to predefined data queries, but you can get that data from anywhere, not just your SQL server.
I'm looking for advice if it is possible to use server based database with the onsen/monaca framework? I know Monaca has its own backend database that can be utilized; however, I intend to not have my project's database cloud based.
Initially, I would have used mysql or mongodb if I was working with Php/javascript, but given I want to make hybrid phone app using onsen/monaca, I don't know if I can go the same route. I'm new to onsen, and I am still learning.
Onsen is simply a UI framework or in short, a very fancy collection of html, css, and JS. It is compatible with any database you use. You would need to utilize JS to connect to some server-side language like PHP or use Node.JS that would actually connect to your remote database. Hope that helps!
Local databases, on the other hand, have to do with the target device and phonegap than Onsen. The most common plugins support SQLite.
I'm new to GWT. I need to read a text file from the server, display its content in a TextArea widget, allow the user to modify it, and save the updated file back to the server. Can anyone please tell me, is it possible, and what should be the right way to do this?
It is possible.
You can make a service to access the file (read and write) and the GWT client will easily call the service methods and update the user interface (TextArea).
Read here for more details.
Also you can start right away by making a new GWT project in Eclipse and choose to generate sample code. It will generate a simple service and simple GWT page that calls the service. You can add your methods to this service to try it out as a proof of concept.
If you are using Google App Engine server, there's no way to write file to server because of restriction.
To write file to server, you will need to create your own server, create a service (use Java or another server-side language) then use one of these methods to communicate with your server.
If you still want to use GAE server (on appspot.com domain), you can use another method to store your data like Datastore or Google Cloud Storage, see this article for more information.
I am just getting started with Google Web Toolkit and Google App Engine and have a quick question. I think I understand how to use the datastore now but I was wondering if there is a way that I can quickly create a "database" with static data from an excel sheet? I just need to add some data for a proof of concept later this week.
I am picturing something similar to a SQL database browser where I can just import the data?
I developing in Eclipse with appropriate plugins.
Thanks,
Rob
The easiest way to do this would be to save your spreadsheet as a CSV file, then use the bulkloader to load it into the datastore.
Your best bet is probably to write something to handle uploading it, or to handle processing it on the server.
However, you should also look at the bulk loader. It might be able to save you a little bit of time.
Here is the API (Google Documents List API) that "allows client applications to programmatically access and manipulate user data stored with Google Documents".