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Update Foxx documentation

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Frederic Hemberger 2013-04-30 19:42:01 +02:00
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@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ So given you want to build an application that sends a plain-text response "Work
First, create a directory `my_app` and save a file called `app.js` in this directory. Write the following content to this file:
Foxx = require("org/arangodb/foxx");
var Foxx = require("org/arangodb/foxx");
app = new Foxx.Application();
var app = new Foxx.Application();
app.get("/wiese", function(req, res) {
res.set("Content-Type", "text/plain");
@ -28,16 +28,26 @@ First, create a directory `my_app` and save a file called `app.js` in this direc
This is your application. Now we need to mount it to the path `/my`. In order to achieve that, we create a file called `manifest.json` in our `my_app` directory with the following content:
{
"name": "my_app",
"version": "0.0.1",
"apps": {
"/my": "app.js"
"/": "app.js"
}
}
You **must** specify a name and a version number for your application, otherwise it won't be loaded into ArangoDB.
Now your application is done. Start ArangoDB as follows:
arangod --javascript.dev-app-path my_app /tmp/fancy_db
Now point your browser to `/my/wiese` and you should see "Worked!". After this short overview, let's get into the details.
To include it to the list of apps running on your ArangoDB instance, start the ArangoDB shell and add your new application:
$ ./bin/arango
arangosh> aal = require('org/arangodb/aal');
arangosh> aal.installDevApp('my_app', '/my');
Now point your browser to `http://localhost:8529/my/wiese` and you should see "Worked!". After this short overview, let's get into the details.
## Details on Foxx.Application