AR-Signage-v2-Client

Overview

• index.js
  Main entry point for app.
  Starts electron window and serves files.

• /frontend-app
  Directory that houses the Angular2 app.

• /modules
  Directory that houses modules to be included using the remote ipc functionality of electron.

  • uuid.js
    • getUUID() - Generates a unique identifier of the client
    • getMainNetworkInterface() - Get main network interface from the 'os' node module
  • mqtt.js
    • connect() - Performs a port scan to find a mqtt server in the local network and connects the mqtt.js instance to it. Returns the ip of the connected server on success.
  • mediaCache.js
    • downloadAndStore(mediaId) - Downloads the media and stores it in the user data directory of the client os in a folder called mediaCache.
    • getLink(mediaId) - Checks if the referenced media filed is stored in the user data directory of the client and returns the file:// url to it. If it fails to find the file locally it starts it's download and then returns the file:// url on success.