Cleanup of READMEs prior to tag

Author: dwasyluk

README.md

@@ -2,21 +2,30 @@
 
 To generate the API first download [swagger-codegen](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen) and build it. After its built, create an alias:
 
-`alias swagger-codegen='java -jar [/path/to/built/swagger-codegen]/swagger-codegen/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/target/swagger-codegen-cli.jar'`
+```
+alias swagger-codegen='java -jar [/path/to/built/swagger-codegen]/swagger-codegen/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/target/swagger-codegen-cli.jar'
+```
 
 ##Generating the JSON Spec 
 Anytime the root swagger.yaml is modified the JSON spec should be updated and copied into 
 `swagger-ui/dist/swagger-spec.js` as the value for the `swaggerSpec` var. Currently this is a manual process.
 
-To regenerate the JSON API spec due to YAML changes (required for docs UI to be accurate): `generate -i swagger.yaml -o ./generated-json -l swagger`. 
+To regenerate the JSON API spec due to YAML changes (required for docs UI to be accurate): 
+
+```
+generate -i swagger.yaml -o ./generated-json -l swagger
+```
+ 
 The generated JSON can be deleted after its been copied to `swagger-spec.js`.
 
 ##Generating Server Stubs
 You can contribute to the syscoin-api project by writing connectors for Syscoin in different languages.
 Swagger-codegen can greatly reduce the time it takes to write connectors in other languages by generating a server-api stub 
 in the desired language. To generate the Server stub use the command below replacing LANGUAGE with one of the [supported SwaggerJS server values](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen/wiki/Server-stub-generator-HOWTO).
 
-To build the server SDK stub: `swagger-codegen generate -i swagger.yaml -o ./server/generated-server -l LANGUAGE`
+```
+swagger-codegen generate -i swagger.yaml -o ./server/generated-server -l LANGUAGE
+```
 
 We encourage anyone who does this to submit a pull request to have their server API added to the official repo. 
 Package your server API using folder names mirroring the swagger language name, ie: 'nodejs-server'. Client API's can also be submitted using the same \
@@ -27,4 +36,6 @@ To quickly start communicating with an instance of the Syscoin API server simply
 in your preferred language. To generate the Client SDK use the command below replacing LANGUAGE with one of 
 the [supported SwaggerJS client values](https://generator.swagger.io/#!/clients/clientOptions).
 
-To build the client: `swagger-codegen generate -i swagger.yaml -o ./client/generated-client -l LANGUAGE`
+```
+swagger-codegen generate -i swagger.yaml -o ./client/generated-client -l LANGUAGE
+```

server/nodejs/README.md

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 ## Running the server
+Prior to running the server a Syscoin node must be installed and properly configured as a JSON-RPC server. After being configured the syscoin-api server 
+needs to know the location of syscoin.conf using the `SYS_LOCATION` environmental variable, replacing DATALOCATION in the examples below 
+with the path to your Syscoin data directory, including the trailing slash.
+
 To run the server, follow these simple steps:
 
 ```
 npm install
-npm run start
+SYS_LOCATION=DATALOCATION npm run start
 ```
 
 ## Running the server in daemon mode
 Running the server in daemon mode is dependent on [pm2](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2). To run the server as a daemon use the below command after `npm install` completes:
 
 ```
-npm run startd
+SYS_LOCATION=DATALOCATION npm run startd
 ```
 
 ## Configuring for Production Use