added implementation directions to README and borrowed Mongo connecti…

…on process from scraper.

API.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from pymongo import MongoClient
+import mongolab
 from bson.objectid import ObjectId
 import json
 from flask import Flask, Response, url_for
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 app.config['TESTING'] = True
 app.debug = True
 
-client = MongoClient('mongodb://cfa:[email protected]:33639/healthdata')
-db = client.healthdata
+db = mongolab.connect()
 
 
 @app.route('/')

README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The API for the Open Health Inspection app.
 
 This API provides an interface to a MongoDB containing data from the Virginia Department of Health on inspections of food service facilities. Data is returned via JSON. To get the current list of routes make a call to the root URL.
 
+It can be implemented very simply using Flask with [WSGI on Apache](http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/deploying/mod_wsgi/), or very simply on [Heroku with Gunicorn](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-python).
+
 Routes implemented:
 
 * /vendors - provides a complete list of food service vendors

config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import json
+
+
+def load():
+    with open('config.json','r') as f:
+        return json.loads(f.read())

mongolab.py

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import config
+from pymongo import MongoClient
+
+def connect():
+    c = config.load()
+    client = MongoClient(c["db_uri"])
+    return client[c["db_name"]]