The National Archives: Find Case Law

This repository is part of the Find Case Law project at The National Archives. For more information on the project, check the documentation.

API Server

Exposing an API to archived case law.

Requirements.

Python >= 3.12

Installation & Usage

Ensure that the MARKLOGIC_API_CLIENT_HOST environment is set to point at the Marklogic server.

This project uses Poetry to manage dependencies. You can install them with poetry install, and access a virtual environment with poetry shell.

To run the server, run script/server; open http://localhost:8080/ in a browser

Documentation

Run the server and check http://localhost:8080/docs/

Running with Docker (untested)

To run the server on a Docker container, please execute the following from the root directory:

docker-compose up --build

Tests

Run script/test

Linting

Run pre-commit install to set up linting, and/or copy the pre-push.sample file to .github/hooks/pre-push

Deployment

Staging

The main branch is automatically deployed with each commit. The deployed API Swagger docs can be viewed at https://api.staging.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docs

Production

To deploy to production:

1. Create a new release.
2. Set the tag and release name to vX.Y.Z, following semantic versioning.
3. Publish the release.
4. Automated workflow will then force-push that release to the production branch, which will then be deployed to the production environment.

The production Swagger API docs are at https://api.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docs