REF App

This repository contains a quick proof of concept for an API to serve outputs from the Rapid Evaluation Framework (REF). This system enables near real-time evaluation of Earth system models.

This is a full-stack application that consists of a:

• Backend: API
  • FastAPI, OpenAPI documentation
• Frontend: React frontend
  • TypeScript, Tanstack Query, Shadcn, Vite

Status: Pre-Alpha

Other info :

Overview

The REF Web Application provides researchers and scientists with tools to:

• Perform model evaluations quickly
• Visualize evaluation results
• Compare models against benchmark data
• Access evaluation metrics and diagnostics

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• PostgreSQL database
• Node.js v20 and npm (for frontend)
• Docker and Docker Compose (optional)

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Climate-REF/ref-app.git
cd ref-app

Backend Setup

2. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in the project root with the following variables:

PROJECT_NAME=REF Web Application
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/refdb
BACKEND_CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:3000,http://localhost:5173

3. Install dependencies

cd backend
make virtual-environment

4. Start the backend server

make dev

Frontend Setup

1. Generate Client

make generate-client

2. Install dependencies

cd frontend
npm install

3. Start the frontend server

npm run dev

Project Structure

ref-app/
├─�� .env                     # Environment variables
├── Makefile                 # Project automation tasks
├── backend/
│   ├── src/
│   │   └── ref_backend/     # Main package
│   │       ├── api/         # API endpoints
│   │       ├── core/        # Core functionality
│   │       └── main.py      # Application entry point
│   ├── tests/               # Test suite
│   └── pyproject.toml       # Python dependencies

API Documentation

When the backend is running, API documentation is available at:

• Swagger UI: http://localhost:8000/docs
• ReDoc: http://localhost:8000/redoc
• OpenAPI JSON: http://localhost:8000/api/v1/openapi.json