Stock Tracker ·

A minimal full-stack tracker for Stocks and Cryptocurrencies. Intended for use on external Raspberry Pi based displays (3.5inch) or within a browser. Created to be deployed at scale.

Developed With

• Node
• Vue
• Vite
• Tailwind
• Express
• MongoDB

Prerequisites

1. Please ensure the following software is installed

• Node

2. (Optional) To display exchange-traded stock tickers (AAPL, MSFT, etc.), create a Finanical Modeling Prep API key

• https://site.financialmodelingprep.com/

Project Setup

Install client and server dependencies

cd client
npm install
cd ../server
npm install

Compile and Hot-Reload for Development

cd client
npm run dev

Start the configuration server

Run in another terminal

cd server
npm run dev

Type-Check, Compile and Minify Client for Production

npm run build

Run Client Unit Tests with Vitest

npm run test

Lint Client with ESLint

npm run lint

Docker Deployment

To deploy with Docker, please follow these steps:

1. Install Docker Engine

   Tip: Run sudo usermod -aG docker <user> to avoid prefixing the following commands with sudo

2. Create the .env files from the templates in /client and /server

3. Build the dockerfile within the /client directory

docker build -t kajgm/stocktracker-client .

4. Build the dockerfile within the /server directory

docker build -t kajgm/stocktracker-server .

5. Create a bridge network

docker network create -d bridge backend-net

6. Run the client, server, and database containers

   Note: If running on a Raspberry Pi, you will need to download an alternative mongodb image. Please see steps under Deployment on Raspberry Pi

docker run -d -p 8080:80 --name stocktracker-client --network backend-net --restart always kajgm/stocktracker-client
docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name stocktracker-server --network backend-net --env-file=./.env --restart always kajgm/stocktracker-server
docker run -d --name mongodb-server --network backend-net -v stocktracker:/data/db --restart always mongo

Deployment on Raspberry Pi

Ensure the Docker deployment steps from above are followed on the target Raspberry Pi

1. Mongodb currently does not support the ARM architecure used on Raspberry Pis. Please use the alternative image provided by themattman mongodb-raspberrypi-docker

2. If running these commands over ssh set the $DISPLAY environment variable

export DISPLAY=:0

3. Run chromium in fullscreen mode

chromium-browser --kiosk --app=http://localhost:8080/ --start-fullscreen --incognito

Alternatively, you may need to append nohup and & to run the command in the background (if executing via ssh):

nohup chromium-browser --kiosk --app=http://localhost:8080/ --start-fullscreen --incognito &

As an alternative, a startup script has been provided in the root directory ./startup.sh. Ensure that the script is executable before running or referencing in any automated startup routine.

chmod +x <username> ./startup.sh