https://github.com/ibm-cloud/get-started-swift

A sample and tutorial to develop server-side Swift apps with Kitura, REST API and a database on Bluemix
https://github.com/ibm-cloud/get-started-swift

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A sample and tutorial to develop server-side Swift apps with Kitura, REST API and a database on Bluemix

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ibm-cloud/get-started-swift
• Owner: IBM-Cloud
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2017-02-14T17:05:51.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-05-31T16:36:20.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-28T14:02:48.730Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: bluemix, cloudant-database, kitura, swift, tutorial
• Language: Swift
• Homepage: https://console.ng.bluemix.net/docs/runtimes/swift/getting-started.html
• Size: 181 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 17
• Forks: 10
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# Getting started with Swift on IBM Cloud

The Getting Started tutorial for Swift uses this sample application to provide you with a sample workflow for working with any Swift app; you set up a development environment, deploy an app locally and on the cloud, and then integrate an IBM Cloud database service in your app.

The Swift app uses the [Kitura Web Framework](http://www.kitura.io/) and a [Cloudant NoSQL DB](https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/cloudant) to illustrate how to store information in a database and then return information from a database to the UI. To learn more about how the app connects to Cloudant, see the [Kitura CouchDB Library](https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura-CouchDB).

Alternatively, this app can [connect to a MongoDB service](./README_MONGO.md). As described, this functionality requires the `libressl`, which is needed when running the application locally on macOS, even if using Cloudant.  Install it with `brew install libressl`.



  

    

  



The following steps are the general procedure to set up and deploy your app to IBM Cloud. See more detailed instructions in the [Getting started tutorial for Swift](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/runtimes/swift/getting-started.html#getting-started-tutorial).

## Before you begin

You'll need a [IBM Cloud account](https://cloud.ibm.com/), [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads), [IBM Cloud CLI](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cli/index.html#overview), and [Swift](https://swift.org/download/) installed.