BotaniQue is a project designed to simplify plant care by providing real-time monitoring and insights into plant conditions. This backend server is a key part of the BotaniQue ecosystem, supporting data processing, real-time updates, and integration with cloud services.
Created as an exam project by Júlia Ilášová and Maria Nielsen
- Backend Server: Processes data from the IoT device, determines plant health, and provides real-time updates as well as handling authentication, data storage and business logic for the mobile app.
- IoT Device (Smart Plant Pot): An ESP32 microcontroller with sensors for soil moisture, air humidity, temperature, and light, and an OLED screen for displaying the plant's mood.
- Mobile App (Frontend application): Developed in Flutter, it allows users to manage plants and view their conditions.
- Programming Language: .NET 8 (backend)
- MQTT Broker: Flespi
- Database: PostgreSQL
- WebSockets(using Fleck): For real-time communication
- Azure Cognitive Services: Azure vision for background removal from images
- Azure Blob Storage: For image storage
Run database:
docker run --name botanique_db -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -e POSTGRES_USER=root -d postgres:14To run everything you need to run the command
docker-compose up