Application: government-frontend

Serves government pages on GOV.UK

• GitHub: government-frontend
• Ownership: #govuk-navigation-tech
• Hosting: AWS (EKS)
• Category: Frontend apps
• Links:
  • Sentry (error tracking)
  • Deployment dashboard
  • Component guide
  • Argo CD (government-frontend)
  • Argo CD (draft-government-frontend)

Relevant manual pages

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Example pages published by government-frontend

• History of 10 Downing Street
• History of Lancaster House (FCDO)
• History of the UK government
• History of King Charles Street (FCDO)
• History of 1 Horse Guards Road
• History of 11 Downing Street

Example pages rendered by government-frontend

• HMRC online services: sign in or set up an account
• Second 2023 to 2024 Cost of Living Payment dates announced
• Pay the Dartford Crossing charge (Dart Charge)
• Universal Credit
• Order COVID-19 rapid lateral flow tests
• Personal tax account: sign in or set up
• Prove your right to work to an employer
• Benefits calculators
• Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor
• Change the address on your driving licence

README

Government Frontend is a public-facing app to display the majority of documents on the /government part of GOV.UK, which are fetched from the Content Store. It is a replacement for the public-facing parts of the Whitehall application.

Schemas

Schema	Live example
Answer	View on GOV.UK
Case study	View on GOV.UK
Consultation	View on GOV.UK
Contacts	View on GOV.UK
Corporate information page	View on GOV.UK
Detailed guide	View on GOV.UK
Document collection	View on GOV.UK
Fatality notice	View on GOV.UK
Fields of operation	View on Gov.UK
Field of operation	View on GOV.UK
Help page	View on GOV.UK
HTML Publication	View on GOV.UK
Guide	View on GOV.UK
News Article	View on GOV.UK
Publication	View on GOV.UK
Specialist document	View on GOV.UK
Statistics announcement	View on GOV.UK
Statistical data set	View on GOV.UK
Speech	View on GOV.UK
Take part	View on GOV.UK
Topical event about page	View on GOV.UK
Travel advice	View on GOV.UK
Working group	View on GOV.UK
Worldwide corporate information page	View on GOV.UK
Worldwide office	View on GOV.UK
Worldwide organisation	View on GOV.UK

Technical documentation

This is a Ruby on Rails app, and should follow our Rails app conventions.

You can use the GOV.UK Docker environment or the local startup.sh script to run the app. Read the guidance on local frontend development to find out more about each approach, before you get started.

If you are using GOV.UK Docker, remember to combine it with the commands that follow. See the GOV.UK Docker usage instructions for examples.

Running the test suite

bundle exec rake

Components

Pages are rendered using components. Components can be specific to government-frontend or shared between applications.

Components specific to government-frontend are within the application and follow rules set out by the govuk_publishing_components gem. They are documented in the government-frontend component guide.

Further documentation

• Webchat

Licence

MIT License