Tradeoff Analytics Node Starter Application
The IBM Watson Tradeoff Analytics service helps you make
better choices under multiple conflicting goals. The service combines smart
visualization and recommendations for tradeoff exploration.
Give it a try! Click the button below to fork into IBM DevOps Services and deploy your own copy of this application on Bluemix.
Getting Started
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Create a Bluemix Account
Sign up in Bluemix, or use an existing account.
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Download and install the Cloud-foundry CLI tool
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Edit the
manifest.ymlfile and change the<application-name>to something unique.
applications:
- services:
- tradeoff-analytics-standard-service
name: <application-name>
command: node app.js
path: .
memory: 128M
The name you use will determinate your application url initially, e.g. <application-name>.mybluemix.net.
- Connect to Bluemix in the command line tool.
$ cf api https://api.ng.bluemix.net
$ cf login -u <your user ID>
- Create the Tradeoff Analytics service in Bluemix.
$ cf create-service tradeoff_analytics standard tradeoff-analytics-standard-service
- Push it live!
$ cf push
See the full Getting Started documentation for more details, including code snippets and references.
Running locally
The application uses [Node.js][http://nodejs.org/] and [npm][https://www.npmjs.com/] so you will have to download and install them as part of the steps below.
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Copy the credentials from your
tradeoff-analytics-standard-serviceservice in Bluemix toapp.js, you can see the credentials using:$ cf env <application-name>Example output:
System-Provided: { "VCAP_SERVICES": { "tradeoff_analytics": [{ "credentials": { "url": "<url>", "password": "<password>", "username": "<username>" }, "label": "tradeoff-analytics", "name": "tradeoff-analytics-standard-service", "plan": "standard" }] } }You need to copy
username,passwordandurl. -
Install Node.js
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Go to the project folder in a terminal and run:
npm install -
Start the application
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node app.js -
Go to
http://localhost:3000
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot your Bluemix app the main useful source of information are the logs, to see them, run:
$ cf logs <application-name> --recent
License
This sample code is licensed under Apache 2.0. Full license text is available in LICENSE.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.
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