# Installation

# Server Requirements

Before you install Tech Origin API, make sure your server meets the following requirements:

• PHP 7.2+
• Composer (PHP package manager)
• Intl PHP Extension
• Mbstring PHP Extension
• PDO PHP Extension
• XML PHP Extension
• Ctype PHP Extension
• JSON PHP Extension
• MySQL 5.1+ or MariaDB 10.0+

# Extract package

# Step 1: Extract and Upload

Unzip the package. Rename the tech_origin_api directory to your desired directory name and upload the directory to your web server.

# Step 2: Create Environment File

Navigate to api directory and look for .env_MAIN file. Duplicate and rename it as .env file.

# Step 3: Creating Database

Create a database through your server control panel. If your server has phpMyAdmin, then you can also create a database using phpMyAdmin.

# Step 4: Environment Variables

Change environment variables in .env file for your project.

Variable	Description
app.baseURL	The url where you hosted the application Code line 25
app.title	The title of the application Code line 28
app.id	The application id used for validations Code line 29
database.default.hostname	The database hostname (usually localhost or 127.0.0.1) Code line 44
database.default.database	The database table name Code line 46
database.default.username	The database username Code line 47
database.default.password	The database password Code line 48
database.default.DBDriver	The database driver Code line 49
encryption.key	The encryption key used in the application Code line 85
jwt.secretKey	The JSON Web Token secret key Code line 93

# Installing

# Step 1: Install Data Tables

Navigate to api directory and run composer update command. This will install necessary PHP packages into vendor folder.

# Step 2: Install Data Tables

In api directory, run php spark migrate command. This will generate necessary data tables in your database.

# Step 3: Install Initial Data

In api directory, run php spark db:seed DataSeeder command. This will generate necessary data as well as 3 user accounts to get you started with the API.

Member Account	Username: Member Password: 123456
Admin Account	Username: Admin Password: 123456
Super Admin Account	Username: SuperAdmin Password: 123456

# Postman

We recommend Postman as a tool to play around and test with the API. If you are not familiar with Postman, you can checkout guides and installation here.