README.md

Dataplex Search (dataplex-search)

A small test application built using the Google Cloud Dataplex / Datacatalog APIs

• uses express.js as a backend server and Vue framework + Quasar for the front end

Requirements

• Node.js (http://https://nodejs.org)
• npm
• Google Cloud SDK (https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install)

Getting Started

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Configure Google Cloud authentication

gcloud auth application-default login

Authenticate your user via the browser. User needs to have access to one or more Google Cloud projects where Dataplex and Datacatalog have been set up

3. Start the application

In dev mode (for hot-code reloading, error reporting, etc.) with either:

npm start

or start front end and back end in different console windows (for better seperation of logging etc)

npm run start-quasar

npm run start-server

Application will start on http://localhost:8080 (browser should open automatically after application startup)