parkview

The parkview project was developed as part of the coursework for the SC2006 (Software Engineering) module at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

The mobile application is designed to enhance the parking experience by guiding users to the optimal parking location based on their destination and personal preferences. Users can input their intended destination, and parkview will suggest the most suitable parking spot, taking into consideration factors such as proximity and availability.

Main features of the app are:

• Optimal parking spot suggestions based on destination and personal preferences
• Favorites feature to bookmark commonly used destinations
• Integrates with built-in navigation apps (Apple Maps for iOS, Google Maps for Android)
• Customizable user preference settings for parking recommendations (availability, cost, weather)
• Minimalist, driver-friendly interface with voice-activated search by our intelligent assistant, DOM

This is the backend repository. The frontend repository is accessible here.

Check the app demo video here.

Tech Stack

Frontend: React Native & Expo

Backend: Node.js & Supabase

Get the server running

1. Ensure essential libraries and frameworks for the tech stack mentioned above are properly installed on the machine.

2. Install the essential packages from npm:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file on the root directory to store environment variables - mainly credentials and api keys.

• Using Mac/Linux: touch .env

• Using Windows: echo. > .env

  Details to be included on .env are:

  PARKVIEW_SUPABASE_URL=[PROJECT URL of the Supabase DB]
  PARKVIEW_ANNON_KEY=[ANNON KEY for the Supabase DB]
  PARKVIEW_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY=[SERVICE ROLE KEY for the Supabase DB]
  PARKVIEW_STORAGE_BUCKET=[STORAGE BUCKET NAME to store files on Supabase DB]
  
  GOOGLE_API_KEY=[Google Cloud API Key]
  HFACE_API_KEY=[HuggingFace Inference API Key]
  OPENAI_API_KEY=[OpenAI API Key]
  
  LTA_API_KEY=[LTA API Key]
  URA_ACCESS_KEY=[URA Access Key]
  URA_TOKEN=[URA Access Token]

  Visit the following websites:

  • Supabase to create a new database project, and get the respective details for PARKVIEW_SUPABASE_URL, ANNON_KEY, SERVICE_ROLE_KEY, and STORAGE_BUCKET

  • Google Cloud Platform to get the API key to access Google Cloud API services

  • HuggingFace to get the API key to access the HuggingFace Inference APIs

  • OpenAI to get the API key to access the OpenAI APIs

  • LTA to get the API key to access the LTA Dataset & APIs

  • URA to get the API key to access the URA APIs

  • URA Token Generator to generate a one-day access token to the URA APIs; would need a URA API key first for token generation

4. Run the backend server.

   npm run server

Acknowledgement

This repository is publicly available for the purpose of reference. We discourage direct duplication of this code base. In keeping with the open source community ethos, users should give appropriate credit and abide by the terms set forth in the project license when using this project as a reference.