Dragonfly Webserver

This repository includes the Tomcat RESTfull Dragonfly server.

Rest API

All REST operations can be found on the REST API File

What is Dragonfly?

Dragonfly is an intelligent domestic watering system that allows for an autonomous and efficient way of watering plants, by knowing what a plant needs and when it needs.

The system works by disposing plants in a circular pattern and the dragonfly watering unit on the center. A motor rotates the water pipe, allowing each plant to be watered individually. Each vase has its own humidity sensor and the system has a record of which plant is sowed on which vase.

This allows a custom watering regime for different plants. All plants are also registered in Dragonfly's databases, which allows the system to know what that plant's specific water and lighting requirements.

Running the Project

This webserver project uses Jersey, a Java framework that allows an easy binding for REST operations, through annotations.

The project has been run in Tomcat, but any Java web server should work.

Deploying to Tomcat

Using Maven terminal:

1. Start the Tomcat server
2. Execute command mvn -e tomcat7:deploy on Maven. This will also use the War plugin, which packs all the web content and compiled java classes.

Using IntelliJ:

1. Start the Tomcat server
2. From the Run/Debug tab, click on Edit Configurations...
3. Click on the plus sign to add a new run configuration and choose Maven
4. On the Command Line textbox, insert -e tomcat7:deploy
5. Click OK. After this, IntelliJ will have a clickable Run configuration