How to Install Wakapi on Windows 10

Wakapi is an open-source API server for Wakatime that provides basic functionality for analyzing code time data. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Wakapi on your Windows 10 machine.

Step 1: Install Node.js

Before we can install Wakapi, we need to install Node.js on our Windows 10 machine. Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

1. Visit the official Node.js website at https://nodejs.org/en/.
2. Click on the "Download for Windows" button to download the latest version of Node.js.
3. Run the Node.js installer and follow the installation wizard to install Node.js on your Windows 10 machine.
4. Open the command prompt and type the following command to verify that Node.js is installed:\

node -v

This command will output the version of Node.js installed on your Windows 10 machine.

Step 2: Install Wakapi

With Node.js installed, we can now proceed with the installation of Wakapi on our Windows 10 machine.

1. Launch the command prompt and navigate to the directory where you want to install Wakapi.
2. Clone the Wakapi repository from GitHub by running the following command:\

git clone https://github.com/muety/wakapi.git

3. Once the repository is cloned successfully, navigate to the Wakapi directory by running the following command:\

cd wakapi

4. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:\

npm install

This command will install all the dependencies required to run Wakapi on your Windows 10 machine. 5. Next, you need to create a .env file in the root directory of Wakapi by running the following command:\

touch .env

6. Open the .env file in a text editor and add the following configuration:\

DATABASE_URL=sqlite:db.sqlite
WAKATIME_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE

Replace YOUR_API_KEY_HERE with your Wakatime API key which can be obtained from https://wakatime.com/settings/account. 7. Once you have added the configuration, save and close the .env file.

Step 3: Run Wakapi

With Wakapi installed and configured, we can now run the server on our Windows 10 machine.

1. To start the server, run the following command from the Wakapi directory:\

npm run start

2. If the server is started successfully, you will see the following message in the command prompt:\

[Wakapi] Server is running on http://localhost:9000

3. Congratulations! You have successfully installed and started Wakapi on your Windows 10 machine.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have guided you through the process of installing and configuring Wakapi on your Windows 10 machine. With Wakapi up and running, you can now use the API to analyze your code time data and gain valuable insights to help you become a better developer.

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