Configuration¶

The application is configured via a .env file located at biosimdb_interface/.env. Copy the example below and fill in your values.

# OAuth credentials (from your BioSimDB instance)
CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
BASE_URL=https://data-collections.psdi.ac.uk

# Flask
SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
REDIRECT_URI=http://127.0.0.1:5002/callback

# Schema paths
WEBFORM_SCHEMA_PATH=/path/to/schema_webformfields.json
ENGINE_MAPPING_PATH=/path/to/schema_enginemappings.json
BIOSIM_SCHEMA_PATH=/path/to/biosim_schema/schema/biosim_schema.yaml

Generate a SECRET_KEY with:

python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))"