An app for identifying plants. By taking a picture or uploading a photo of a plant it will suggest the best result from the plant.id API.

This app was a solo project for the CodeWorks coding bootcamp and was built within a week. Presentation of the app is here

This app is built for testing and educational purposes and is not intended to be published. Built using React-Native with Expo and Firebase authentication for the front-end. Node JS, Express, MongoDB with Mongoose for the back-end. I had used Ngrok to publicly service the localhost for testing. Requests from back-end sent to plant.id API to identify plants.

To run this clone the repo and run npm install in both the client and server directories.

1. You will need an API key from plant.id API. API documentation can be found here. Edit the API key in server/ApiService.js

2. You will need to setup a firebase project for the authentication and modify client/firebase.js with your own firebase configuration. Head over to firebase for instructions to setup a new project with the environment variables. Create a .env file at the root project folder with the variables:

  EXPO_PUBLIC_API_KEY={Your API key here}
  EXPO_PUBLIC_AUTH_DOMAIN={Your Auth Domain here}
  EXPO_PUBLIC_PROJECT_ID={Your Project ID here}
  EXPO_PUBLIC_STORAGE_BUCKET={Your Storage Bucket here}
  EXPO_PUBLIC_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID={Your sender ID here}
  EXPO_PUBLIC_APP_ID={Your App ID here}
  EXPO_PUBLIC_MEASUREMENT_ID={Your measurement ID here}

3. It is best to setup an NGROK server which is a public server that mimics your localhost for the back-end. Sign up and instructions here. When running an ngrok server you will get the url. Change the url in client/baseUrl.js

4. It is recommended to use the expo-cli to run the app. To download this run npm install -g expo-cli

5. You can download Expo Go from the Google Play or iOS store on your phone. To run the app on your phone, run expo start --tunnel

6. Once started, a QR-code will be displayed in the terminal which your Expo Go app can scan and run the app.

For this solo project the following was used:

1. React Native with Expo
2. Firebase Authentication
3. PlantID API for plant identification
4. MongoDB for database with Mongoose ORM
5. NGROK for localhost servicing