pyAggr3g470r
============

#### A simple Python news aggregator.

Presentation
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[pyAggr3g470r](https://bitbucket.org/cedricbonhomme/pyaggr3g470r/) is a news aggregator with a web interface
based on [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/).

Features
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* the database is managed with [SQLAlchemy](http://www.sqlalchemy.org/);
* feeds batch import with OPML files;
* export all your feeds to OPML;
* e-mail notification;
* export articles to HTML;
* favorite articles;
* share articles with Google +, Pinboard and reddit.


Deployment
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This application can be deployed both on Heroku and on a traditional server.

Deploying the application on Heroku
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.. code:: bash

    $ git clone https://bitbucket.org/cedricbonhomme/pyaggr3g470r.git
    $ cd pyaggr3g470r
    $ heroku create
    $ heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql:dev
    $ heroku config:set HEROKU=1
    $ git push heroku master
    $ heroku run init
    $ heroku ps:scale web=1


Deploying the application on a traditional server
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Configuration is done via the file *conf/conf.cfg*.

.. code:: bash

    $ git clone https://bitbucket.org/cedricbonhomme/pyaggr3g470r.git
    $ cd pyaggr3g470r
    $ cp conf/conf.cfg-sample conf/conf.cfg
    $ sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-server-dev-9.1 postgresql-client
    $ sudo pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
    $ sudo -u postgres createuser
    Enter name of role to add: username
    Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) n
    Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
    Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) n
    $ createdb pyAggr3g470r
    $ sudo -u postgres psql
    postgres=# ALTER USER username WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'password';
    postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE pyAggr3g470r TO username;
    postgres=# \q
    $ export DATABASE_URL="postgres://username:password@127.0.0.1:5432/pyAggr3g470r"
    $ python db_create.py
    $ python runserver.py
     * Running on http://0.0.0.0:5000/
     * Restarting with reloader


Launch the script ``install.sh`` in order to install automatically all requirements.  
In order to prevent all dependencies problems and to keep your system stable, the libraries will be
installed in a Python virtual environment (with [virtualenv](http://www.virtualenv.org)).
The installation will use the configuration file for the database setup.

Then point your browser to the address [http://127.0.0.1:5000/](http://127.0.0.1:5000/) and login with the email address
*firstname.lastname@mail.com* and the password *secret*. You can update your profile at the
address [http://127.0.0.1:5000/profile/](http://127.0.0.1:5000/profile/).

As already said, you can configure pyAggr3g470r (database name, proxy, user agent, etc.) in the file *conf/conf.cfg*.  
For example if you want to use pyAggr3g470r with Tor/Privoxy, you just have to set the value of
*http_proxy* (most of the time: ``http_proxy = 127.0.0.1:8118``). Else leave the value blank.

However, the default configuration should be good, so you really just have to run the script *install.sh*.



Automatic updates
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You can fetch new articles with [cron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron) and the script *fetch.py*.
For example if you want to check for updates every 30 minutes, add this line to your cron rules (``crontab -e``):

    */30 * * * * cd ~/.pyaggr3g470r/ ; python fetch.py firstname.lastname@mail.com

You must give the email address you use to login to pyAggr3g470r.

Donation
--------
If you wish and if you like pyAggr3g470r, you can donate via bitcoin
[1GVmhR9fbBeEh7rP1qNq76jWArDdDQ3otZ](https://blockexplorer.com/address/1GVmhR9fbBeEh7rP1qNq76jWArDdDQ3otZ).
Thank you!

License
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[pyAggr3g470r](https://bitbucket.org/cedricbonhomme/pyaggr3g470r/) is under [GPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) license.

Contact
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[My home page](http://cedricbonhomme.org/).