diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0922d1a089d53a335b9fa37b7f863a890254363..2a44eba3bfc706b23c0e0f403d79faf2e84650a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ pip install -r models.txt
(venv)$ uvicorn app.main:app --reload
```
+The server application is available on `http://localhost:8000`. To see the endpoint documentation, go to `http://localhost:8000/docs`
+
## Troubleshooting for Mac users
2023-02-14: When running the app locally on a Mac, this error occured when calling the /models endpoint:
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index a84e64c344c1c0736dc9d5988f48b688697d6cc8..b1b2e8f57c2e78fe5fa002c98dc0d63507745191 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
from fastapi import FastAPI, Response, status
-from fastapi.responses import PlainTextResponse
+from fastapi.responses import PlainTextResponse, HTMLResponse
from app.internal.model_factory import *
from vipscore_common.vips_model import VIPSModel
from vipscore_common.entities import ModelConfiguration, Result
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ app = FastAPI(
)
# TODO Create a nice welcome page
-@app.get("/")
+@app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
async def root():
- return {"message": "Hello World"}
+ return _welcome_html
####### Model listing endpoints #######
@@ -181,4 +181,20 @@ def _result_or_404(result, model_id:str, response:Response):
return result
else:
response.status_code = status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND
- return {"ERROR":"VIPS model with id=%s could not be found." % model_id}
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+ return {"ERROR":"VIPS model with id=%s could not be found." % model_id}
+
+_welcome_html = """
+<html>
+<head>
+ <title>VIPSCore-Python</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>VIPSCore-Python</h1>
+<p>© 2023 <a href="https://nibio.no/en" target="new">NIBIO</a></p>
+<p>Python implementation of VIPSCore, to enable models written in Python.</p>
+<p><a href="docs/">Endpoints documentation</a></p>
+<p><a href="https://gitlab.nibio.no/VIPS/VIPSCore-Python" target="new">Source code on NIBIO's GitLab</a></p>
+<p><a href="https://gitlab.nibio.no/VIPS/documentation" target="new">VIPS technical documentation</a></p>
+<p><a href="https://nibio.no/en/subjects/plant-health/vips--a-digital-pest-prediction-platform" target="new">Read more about VIPS</a></p>
+</body>
+"""
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