Newsconnector

A python app that relates news stories sourced via rss feeds

Getting it running

1. Requirements:

   sudo apt-get install supervisor nginx memcached rabbitmq-server \
   libxml2-dev libxslt-dev git libpq-dev virtualenvwrapper haproxy \
   aptitude postgresql-9.1 postgresql-server-dev-all python-dev \
   redis-server openjdk-7-jre-headless
   

2. Install Elasticsearch

   https://gist.github.com/wingdspur/2026107

3. Create db:

   sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser --pwprompt news
   createdb -W -U news -h localhost -E UNICODE news
   

4. Clone the repo + virtual environment:

   git clone [email protected]:miltontony/newsconnector.git
   cd newsconnector
   virtualenv --no-site-packages ve
   source ve/bin/activate
   
   pip install -r requirements.pip
   

5. Setup Django:

   cd newsconnector
   
   ./manage.py syncdb
   ./manage.py migrate
   ./manage.py loaddata fixtures/*
   ./manage.py collectstatic --noinput
   

6. Update rss database:

   ./manage.py shell
   from newsconnector.support.tasks import update_feeds
   update_feeds()
   

7. Run app:

   ./manage.py runserver