Affordance Aware API

Development

We use pipenv for managing package dependencies.

1. Install pipenv using the link above.
2. Run pipenv install to install package dependencies and pipenv shell to start virtual environment with installed dependencies.
3. Run python main.py to start server and make requests to http://0.0.0.0:5000/.

Usage

When deployed, make a GET request to the following URL:

https://affordanceaware.herokuapp.com/location_tags/<latitude>/<longitude>

The request will return a JSON with the following fields:

• affordances -- array of affordance
• daylight -- either true, false or SUNSET
• hours -- hour of current time
• location_names -- array of names of nearby locations
• location_tags -- array of objects at nearby locations
• minutes -- minutes of current time
• weather -- descption of current weather, see range of options here

Supported location types include:

• Northwestern classrooms
• Northwestern student housing
• coffee shops
• parks
• gyms
• restaurants

Example query while at a coffee shop in the evening:

GET https://affordanceaware.herokuapp.com/location_tags/42.0582565/-87.6841178
{
  "affordances": [
    "eat",
    "people_watch",
    "sit"
  ],
  "daylight": false,
  "hours": 17,
  "location_names": [
    "coffee"
  ],
  "location_tags": [
    "food",
    "people",
    "table"
  ],
  "minutes": 6,
  "weather": "clear sky "
}