Remove or comment-out the api_endpoint setting everywhere

Dockerfile

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ WORKDIR /data
 
 ENV BIGCHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH /data/.bigchaindb
 ENV BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_BIND 0.0.0.0:9984
-ENV BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT http://bigchaindb:9984/api/v1
+# BigchainDB Server doesn't need BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT any more
+# but maybe our Docker or Docker Compose stuff does?
+# ENV BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT http://bigchaindb:9984/api/v1
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["bigchaindb", "--dev-start-rethinkdb", "--dev-allow-temp-keypair"]
 

bigchaindb/__init__.py

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ config = {
         'port': 8125,
         'rate': 0.01,
     },
-    'api_endpoint': os.environ.get('BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT') or 'http://localhost:9984/api/v1',
     'backlog_reassign_delay': 30
 }
 

bigchaindb/web/views/info.py

@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ def home():
         'software': 'BigchainDB',
         'version': version.__version__,
         'public_key': bigchaindb.config['keypair']['public'],
-        'keyring': bigchaindb.config['keyring'],
-        'api_endpoint': bigchaindb.config['api_endpoint']
+        'keyring': bigchaindb.config['keyring']
     })

deploy-cluster-aws/awsdeploy.sh

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ if [ "$WHAT_TO_DEPLOY" == "servers" ]; then
     # bigchaindb installed, so bigchaindb configure can't be called)
 
     # Transform the config files in the confiles directory
-    # to have proper keyrings, api_endpoint values, etc.
+    # to have proper keyrings etc.
     if [ "$USE_KEYPAIRS_FILE" == "True" ]; then
         python clusterize_confiles.py -k confiles $NUM_NODES
     else
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ if [ "$WHAT_TO_DEPLOY" == "servers" ]; then
     echo "To start BigchainDB on all the nodes, do: fab start_bigchaindb"
 else
     # Deploying clients
-    # The only thing to configure on clients is the api_endpoint
-    # It should be the public DNS name of a BigchainDB server
     fab send_client_confile:client_confile
 
     # Start sending load from the clients to the servers

deploy-cluster-aws/clusterize_confiles.py

@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ for i, filename in enumerate(conf_files):
         # Allow incoming server traffic from any IP address
         # to port 9984
         conf_dict['server']['bind'] = '0.0.0.0:9984'
-        # Set the api_endpoint
-        conf_dict['api_endpoint'] = 'http://' + public_dns_names[i] + \
-                                    ':9984/api/v1'
 
     # Delete the config file
     os.remove(file_path)

docker-compose.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ services:
       - ./pytest.ini:/usr/src/app/pytest.ini
     environment:
       BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_HOST: rdb
-      BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT: http://bdb:9984/api/v1
+#      BigchainDB Server doesn't need BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT any more
+#      but maybe our Docker or Docker Compose stuff does?
+#      BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT: http://bdb:9984/api/v1
       BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_BIND: 0.0.0.0:9984
     ports:
       - "9984"

docs/server/source/dev-and-test/setup-run-node.md

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ should give you something like:
 
 ```bash
 {
-  "api_endpoint": "http://bdb:9984/api/v1",
   "keyring": [],
   "public_key": "Brx8g4DdtEhccsENzNNV6yvQHR8s9ebhKyXPFkWUXh5e",
   "software": "BigchainDB",

docs/server/source/nodes/setup-run-node.md

@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ Edit the created config file:
 
 * Open `$HOME/.bigchaindb` (the created config file) in your text editor.
 * Change `"server": {"bind": "localhost:9984", ... }` to `"server": {"bind": "0.0.0.0:9984", ... }`. This makes it so traffic can come from any IP address to port 9984 (the HTTP Client-Server API port).
-* Change `"api_endpoint": "http://localhost:9984/api/v1"` to `"api_endpoint": "http://your_api_hostname:9984/api/v1"`
 * Change `"keyring": []` to `"keyring": ["public_key_of_other_node_A", "public_key_of_other_node_B", "..."]` i.e. a list of the public keys of all the other nodes in the federation. The keyring should _not_ include your node's public key.
 
 For more information about the BigchainDB config file, see [Configuring a BigchainDB Node](configuration.html).

docs/server/source/server-reference/configuration.md

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ For convenience, here's a list of all the relevant environment variables (docume
 `BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_BIND`<br>
 `BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_WORKERS`<br>
 `BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_THREADS`<br>
-`BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT`<br>
 `BIGCHAINDB_STATSD_HOST`<br>
 `BIGCHAINDB_STATSD_PORT`<br>
 `BIGCHAINDB_STATSD_RATE`<br>
@@ -140,26 +139,6 @@ export BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_THREADS=5
 ```
 
 
-## api_endpoint
-
-`api_endpoint` is the URL where a BigchainDB client can get access to the HTTP client-server API.
-
-**Example using an environment variable**
-```text
-export BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:9984/api/v1"
-```
-
-**Example config file snippet**
-```js
-"api_endpoint": "http://webserver.blocks587.net:9984/api/v1"
-```
-
-**Default value (from a config file)**
-```js
-"api_endpoint": "http://localhost:9984/api/v1"
-```
-
-
 ## statsd.host, statsd.port & statsd.rate
 
 These settings are used to configure where, and how often, [StatsD](https://github.com/etsy/statsd) should send data for [cluster monitoring](../clusters-feds/monitoring.html) purposes. `statsd.host` is the hostname of the monitoring server, where StatsD should send its data. `stats.port` is the port. `statsd.rate` is the fraction of transaction operations that should be sampled. It's a float between 0.0 and 1.0.

tests/test_config_utils.py

@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ def test_autoconfigure_read_both_from_file_and_env(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr('bigchaindb.config_utils.file_config', lambda *args, **kwargs: file_config)
     monkeypatch.setattr('os.environ', {'BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_NAME': 'test-dbname',
                                        'BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_PORT': '4242',
-                                       'BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT': 'api://ipa',
                                        'BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_BIND': '1.2.3.4:56',
                                        'BIGCHAINDB_KEYRING': 'pubkey_0:pubkey_1:pubkey_2'})
 
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ def test_autoconfigure_read_both_from_file_and_env(monkeypatch):
             'port': 8125,
             'rate': 0.01,
         },
-        'api_endpoint': 'api://ipa',
         'backlog_reassign_delay': 5
     }
 

tests/web/test_info.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-def test_api_endpoint_shows_basic_info(client):
+def test_api_root_url_shows_basic_info(client):
     from bigchaindb import version
     res = client.get('/')
     assert res.json['software'] == 'BigchainDB'