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# 3D Interface
A prototype for a user-friendly 3D interface allowing to browse 3D scenes / models written with Node.js.
A prototype for a user-friendly 3D interface allowing to browse 3D scenes /
models written with Node.js.
It is hosted by [OpenShift](https://www.openshift.com/) at [3dinterface.no-ip.org](http://3dinterface.no-ip.org).
It is hosted by [OpenShift](https://www.openshift.com/) at
[3dinterface.no-ip.org](http://3dinterface.no-ip.org).
## To run a local server
As usual with NodeJS, it's quite easy to test. Just ensure you have `node` installed on your machine, clone this repo somewhere, and then, in the repo do
First you need to configure the database. You can create a postgres database
where you want, and you can initialize it by running the script
`sql/backup.pgsql`.
Then, you have to set up nodejs to access to your database. Basically, you have
to create a file `private.js` at the root of the repository looking like this :
``` javascript
module.exports.url = ... // the url to connect to your database
module.exports.secret = ... // A secret string used to hash stuff
```
As usual with NodeJS, it's quite easy to test. Just ensure you have `node`
installed on your machine, clone this repo somewhere, and then, in the repo do
``` sh
npm install