Sparrow-Community-Edition

Effortless Collection & Environment Handling: Simplify API testing with intuitive collection management and environment switching, allowing teams to focus on building and scaling high-quality software faster.

Seamless API Management: Sparrow offers a robust REST API tool that supports multiple request types, empowering developers to streamline workflows and enhance productivity with an intuitive, powerful interface.

Software Included

Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the Deploy to DigitalOcean button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Sparrow-Community-Edition 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB Sparrow-Community-Edition Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image": "techdomeai-sparrowcommunityedition1"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying Sparrow-Community-Edition

Before You Begin

Make sure you are logged in to your DigitalOcean account. Without logging in, you will not see the Create Droplet button required to deploy the product.

Step 1: Launch the Product

• Go to the product listing on DigitalOcean Marketplace.

• Search for Sparrow Community Edition and click on the listing.

• Click the Create Droplet button.

• Choose the appropriate:

  • Droplet Plan (at least 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM is recommended)

  • Datacenter Region: Choose the region closest to your users for better performance

    e.g., Bangalore, New York, Frankfurt, San Francisco.

  • Authentication method (SSH key or root password)

  • Hostname (e.g., sparrow-app)

• Click Create Droplet to launch the instance.

Step 2: Login Credentials

• Username: root
• password: Use the password or SSH key you configured while creating the Droplet.

Ensure the following ports are open on your firewall or through DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls:

• Port 22 – SSH access
• Port 80 – HTTP
• Port 443 – HTTPS

To find your Droplet details:

1. Visit the DigitalOcean Console
2. Click on the Droplets section in the left-hand menu
3. Locate and select your Sparrow Droplet
4. Copy the Public IPv4 Address for use in SSH access or browser-based access to the application

Step 3: Check Application Health

• Open your browser and go to:

https://domain_name/health

(Replace domain_name with the actual domain name you configured to point to the Droplet’s IP, or use the Droplet IP directly if no domain is set)

• This page displays the health status of the Sparrow application.