collective-instant

collective-instant

Instantly search Widen Media Collective for assets.

No, Really. What is this?

Two things:

• A node static file and OAuth 2.0 server.

This is what communicates with Collective to give each separate user their own credentials so they can only see and do what they are allowed to.

You can find the module at collective-oauth-server on npm.

• A javascript instant search

Just type in a query and this will search for asset previews based on your query! The REST API communication is powered by node-collective

Getting Started

• First, ensure you have set up proper OAuth credentials with Collective.

• Second, set the proper environment variables based on the credentials you got from the previous step:

export COLLECTIVE_CLIENT_ID=foo
export COLLECTIVE_CLIENT_SECRET=bar

• Third, you may want to edit the default node-collective options in the sources (e.g., protocol, port, and host -- auth is probably ok).

var collective_options = {
    protocol: 'http',
    port: 8080,
    host: 'localhost',
    # I have a simple service to get
    # auth token from a cookie in
    # the code already, so don't
    # change that.

};

• Fourth, run the server:

npm run dev

OR

npm run start -- <OPTIONS>

Where <OPTIONS> is the options needed to connect to your Collective instance. (optional -- defaults to local development url)

• Fifth, open your browser:

http://localhost:1337