# Data Collection App This is the codebase for the Ruby/Rails app that will handle the submission of Lettings and Sales of Social Housing in England data. ## Required Setup Pre-requisites - Ruby - Rails - Postgres ### Setup Quickstart Copy the `.env.example` to `.env` and replace the database credentials with your local postgres user credentials. Install the dependencies `bundle install` Create the database `rake db:create` Run the database migrations `rake db:migrate` Start the rails server ``` rails s ``` This starts the rails server on localhost:3000 or using Docker ``` docker-compose build docker-compose run --rm app rails db:create docker-compose up ``` This exposes the rails server on localhost:8080. Note docker-compose runs the production docker image (RAILS_ENV=production) as the Dockerfile doesn't include development gems to keep the image size down. ### Infrastructure This application is running on [Gov PaaS](https://www.cloud.service.gov.uk/). To deploy you need to: - Contact your organisation manager to get an account in `dluhc-core` organization and in the relevant spaces (sandbox/production). - Install the cloudfoundry cli https://docs.cloudfoundry.org/cf-cli/install-go-cli.html - Login
`cf login -a api.london.cloud.service.gov.uk -u ` - Set your deployment target (sandbox/production)
`cf target -o dluhc-core -s ` - Deploy
`cf push dluhc-core --strategy rolling`. This will use the [manifest file](manifest.yml) Once the app is deployed: - Get a rails console
`cf ssh dluhc-core -t -c "/tmp/lifecycle/launcher /home/vcap/app 'rails console' ''"` ### CI/CD When a commit is made to `main` the following Github action jobs are triggered: 1. Test - RSpec runs our test suite 2. Deploy - If the Test stage passes, this deploys the app to our Gov PaaS account using the cloudfoundry cli When a pull request is opened to `main` only the test stage runs. ### Single log submission The form for this is driven by a json file in `/config/forms/{start_year}_{end_year}.json` The JSON should follow the structure: ``` { form_type: [lettings/sales] start_year: yyyy end_year: yyyy sections: { snake case section name string: { label: string, subsections: { snake case subsection name string: { label: string, pages: { snake case page name string: { header: string, description: string, questions: { snake case question name string: { header: string, hint_text: string, type: [text / numeric / radio / checkbox / date ], min: integer, (numeric only), max: integer, (numeric only), step: integer (numeric only), answer_options: { (checkbox and radio only) "0": string, "1": string } } } } } } } } } } ``` Assumptions made by the format: - All forms have at least 1 section - All sections have at least 1 subsection - All subsections have at least 1 page - All pages have at least 1 question - The ActiveRecord case log model has a field for each question name (must match) - Text not required by a page/question such as a header or hint text should be passed as an empty string ### Useful documentation (external dependencies) ##### DfE Form Builder Gem - [Examples](https://govuk-form-builder.netlify.app/) - [Technical Docs](https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/govuk_design_system_formbuilder/) - [GitHub repository](https://github.com/DFE-Digital/govuk-formbuilder) ##### Alpha Gov UK frontend gem - [GitHub repository](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend) ##### Hotwire (Turbo/Stimulus) - [Docs](https://turbo.hotwired.dev/)