The backend development relies on the Docker container, please carefully follow this guide to set up the container.
The test server can be accessed from MongoDB Atlas, please follow the MongoDB Atlas section in this guide.
The prod server is on BioHPC and we can access it through Postman, etc. Be careful when sending requests to the prod server.
Postman is useful for sending HTTP requests to the back-end APIs.
Samples are identified by their barcode ids. If submit two surveys with the same barcode, then the latest submitted survey will replace the old one. Even if different users use the same barcode, the sample will get replaced. So when testing, if you do not scan a barcode, the sample will always be stored as no barcode, and the database will always only store the latest survey.