This is the repository for the frontend of the Open Research Knowledge Grapph (ORKG), which is running live at: https://orkg.org. Detailed user documentation can be found in the Wiki at: https://gitlab.com/TIBHannover/orkg/orkg-frontend/-/wikis/home
In order to run the frontend, ensure that Node.js is installed (version >=16.0.0). Check whether you have the right version installed using your command prompt or terminal, run: node --version. For more information about installing or upgrading Node.js, see: https://nodejs.org/en/download/.
Clone this repository:
git clone https://gitlab.com/TIBHannover/orkg/orkg-frontend.git
Go to the frontend directory:
cd orkg-frontend
Install the dependencies by running:
npm install
Copy the file default.env to .env:
cp default.env .env
By default, the .env file uses the ORKG sandbox APIs. Read the wiki in case you want to quickly switch between environments.
The environment variables descriptions:
| Variable | Development | Production | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEXT_PUBLIC_PUBLIC_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | The directory from which the frontend is served (set to "/" for running in the root directory) |
| BROWSER | ✅ Used | 🚫 Ignored | By default, Create React App will open the default system browser, favoring Chrome on macOS. Specify a browser to override this behavior, or set it to none to disable it completely. If you need to customize the way the browser is launched, you can specify a node script instead. Any arguments passed to npm start will also be passed to this script, and the url where your app is served will be the last argument. Your script's file name must have the .js extension. |
| FAST_REFRESH | ✅ Used | 🚫 Ignored | When set to false, disables experimental support for Fast Refresh to allow you to tweak your components in real time without reloading the page. |
| GENERATE_SOURCEMAP | 🚫 Ignored | ✅ Used | When set to false, source maps are not generated for a production build. This solves out of memory (OOM) issues on some smaller machines. For development, we recommend setting this to false, to hide warnings related to missing source maps from dependencies. |
| ESLINT_NO_DEV_ERRORS | ✅ Used | 🚫 Ignored | When set to true, ESLint errors are converted to warnings during development. As a result, ESLint output will no longer appear in the error overlay. |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | ORKG backend endpoint (use http://localhost:8080/ when running the backend locally) |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_SIMILARITY_SERVICE_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | ORKG similarity service endpoint (use http://localhost:5000/ when running the service locally) |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_ANNOTATION_SERVICE_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | ORKG annotation service endpoint |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_SIMILAR_PAPER_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | ORKG similar papers service endpoint |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_NLP_SERVICE_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | ORKG NLP service endpoint |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_GROBID_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | GROBID service endpoint (More details in ORKG annotation repository) |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | semanticscholar.org API. Used to fetch the abstract of papers |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_AUTHENTICATION_CLIENT_ID | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | ORKG Authentication client ID |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_CHATWOOT_WEBSITE_TOKEN | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | (Optional) CHATWOOT Token. Used to show a floating button to provide chat support for users. |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_GEONAMES_API_SEARCH_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | GeoNames Search Webservice Url |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_GEONAMES_API_USERNAME | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | Username to access GeoNames API (20'000 credits daily limit per application -identified by this parameter-) |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_IS_TESTING_SERVER | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | Used to show a top banner indicating that it a testing environment. Accepted values : true or false |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_MATOMO_TRACKER | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | Tracking visitors using Matomo Tracker. Accepted values : true or false |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_MATOMO_TRACKER_URL | ✅ Optional | ✅ Optional | Tracker URL of Matomo configuration |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_MATOMO_TRACKER_SITE_ID | ✅ Optional | ✅ Optional | Site ID of Matomo configuration |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_PWC_USER_ID | ✅ Optional | ✅ Optional | ID of the user used to import Papers with code data |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_OLS_BASE_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | Ontology Lookup Service API |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_CMS_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | CMS URL of Strapi |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_ALTMETRIC_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | URL of Altmetric API |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_DATACITE_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | URL Datacite api URL |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_ORCID_API_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | URL of ORCID API URL |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | The full URL of the frontend, without trailing slash. E.g., https://orkg.org |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_OPEN_CITATIONS_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | URL OpenCitations |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_WIKIDATA_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | URL of the Wikidata API |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_UNPAYWALL_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | URL of the Unpaywall API |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | Email used for authentication on the Unpaywall API |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_WIKIDATA_SPARQL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | URL of the Wikidata SPARQL endpoint |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_MASTODON_URL | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | URL of the Mastodon API |
| NEXT_PUBLIC_MASTODON_ACCOUNT_ID | ✅ Used | ✅ Used | Account ID on Mastodon |
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU USE HTTPS INSTEAD OF HTTP URLS.
In order to run the frontend, the backend needs to be running as well. Please refer to the ORKG backend repository for instructions on how to run the backend. Easiest is to run the backend within a docker container.
Make sure that your backend instance contains the default classes and properties, the list is defined in the file constants/graphSettings.js, you can run this python snippet to create them in your backend.
Two additional services are used in the frontend. These services are: ORKG similarity and ORKG annotation. These services are not critical for the frontend to operate, but some for functionalities the message Couldn't connect to service ... appears. This message can be ignored, or can be fixed by running the respective service locally.
Run the following command:
npm run dev
Open the browser and enter the URL of the application: http://localhost:3000/.
It is also possible to run the frontend in Docker. It is easiest to use Docker Compose.
Make sure you have a configured .env file:
Copy the file default.env to .env:
cp default.env .env
Start the application
docker-compose up -d
Open the browser and enter the URL of the application: http://localhost:3000/.
Please feel free to contribute to our code. In case you found any bugs, please raise an issue. In case you want to contribute code, open a merge request.
We use React as frontend framework. Additionally, we use Redux for state management (but we prefer a local state when possible). For styling we use Bootstrap with the package Reactstrap. We maintain the following code conventions:
- Use Conventional Commits, and use Angular commit types
- Running lint on commit (you cannot commit when your code contains lint errors)
- Run Prettier rules on commit for coding style consistency
- The Keep a Changelog format is used to automatically generate our changelog
- We are transitioning to fully adhere to the Airbnb JavaScript style guide. Currently, some rules are displayed to warnings instead of errors because of the transition period. Please ensure your code does not contain any warnings before commiting.
- We are transitioning to TypeScript. We started with the backend service folder. When creating new components, consider doing this in TypeScript.
Happy coding! 😁☕️
Please have a look at the Storybook component libary for React components that can be easily reused throughout the code base.
An easy start for contributing is to take a look at value plugins. These plugins allow for converting data into a appropriate visualization. Currently, we support plugins for the following visualizations: Boolean checkmarks, LaTeX preview, External links. The boolean checkmarks plugin provides an easy example on how to create your own value plugins.