CatalystCode · cicorias · Nov 6, 2018 · Nov 5, 2018 · Nov 6, 2018 · Nov 6, 2018
diff --git a/gui/server/app.js b/gui/server/app.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var usersRouter = require('./routes/users');
 var metadataRouter = require('./routes/metadata');
 
 var app = express();
+const port = 3001;
 
 // this is the base directory where app.js - can't relay on __dirname 
 // as it's relative.
@@ -44,4 +45,6 @@ app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
   res.render('error');
 });
 
+app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}!`))
+
 module.exports = app;
diff --git a/gui/server/data/ttf-meta.json b/gui/server/data/ttf-meta.json
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 { "metadata": 
   [
     {
-      "id": "1234",
+      "id": "1",
       "uri": "/foobar/image1.png",
       "fullName": "",
       "fatherName": "John Lennon",
       "motherName": "Yoko Ono"
     },
     {
-      "id": "1234",
+      "id": "2",
       "uri": "/foobar/image1.png",
       "fullName": "",
-      "fatherName": "John Lennon",
-      "motherName": "Yoko Ono"
+      "fatherName": "Jason Fox",
+      "motherName": "Shawn Cicoria"
     },
     {
-      "id": "1234",
+      "id": "3",
       "uri": "/foobar/image1.png",
       "fullName": "",
-      "fatherName": "John Lennon",
-      "motherName": "Yoko Ono"
+      "fatherName": "Annakin Skywalker",
+      "motherName": "Padmé Amidala"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/gui/server/providers/metadataprovider.js b/gui/server/providers/metadataprovider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const metadataFile = './gui/server/data/ttf-meta.json';
+
+module.exports.getmetadata = function(callback) {
+    fs.readFile(metadataFile, 'utf8',(err, fileContent) => {
+        if( err ) {
+        } else {
+            data = JSON.parse(fileContent.toString());
+            metadata = data.metadata;
+
+            if(metadata == ''){
+                // return an error
+                err = '';
+            }
+
+            callback(err, metadata);
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+module.exports.getmetadatabyid = function(id, callback) {
+    fs.readFile(metadataFile, 'utf8',(err, fileContent) => {
+        if( err ) {
+        } else {
+            data = JSON.parse(fileContent.toString());
+            metadata = '';
+            for(i = 0; i < data.metadata.length; i++)
+            {
+                row = data.metadata[i];
+                if(row.id == id)
+                metadata = row;
+            }
+
+            if(metadata == ''){
+                // return an error
+                err = '';
+            }
+
+            callback(err, metadata);
+        }
+    })
+}
diff --git a/gui/server/routes/metadata.js b/gui/server/routes/metadata.js
@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-
+const provider = require('../providers/metadataprovider');
 const router = express.Router();
 
-/* GET home page. */
-router.get('/meta', function(req, res, next) {
-  const metadata = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__basedir, 'data/ttf-meta.json'));
-  console.log(__dirname);
-  res.send(metadata);
+const metadataFile = './gui/server/data/ttf-meta.json';
 
+/* GET all case metadata. */
+router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
+  provider.getmetadata((err, metatdata) => {
+    if( err ) {
+    } else {
+      console.log(metatdata);
+    }
+  })
 });
 
-/* GET home page. */
-router.get('/meta/:id', function(req, res, next) {
-  const metadata = fs.readFileSync('../');
-
-
+/* GET case metadata by id. */
+router.get('/:id', function(req, res, next) {
+  provider.getmetadatabyid(req.params.id, (err, metatdata) => {
+    if( err ) {
+    } else {
+      console.log(metatdata);
+    }
+  })
 });
 
 module.exports = router;