Totally Real Facts

Totally Real Facts is a parody website of Snopes.

Getting Started

Requirements

• Docker

• Docker Compose

• Go (Optional)

• PostgreSQL (Optional)

Running with Docker Compose

docker-compose up --build

If you have Docker Compose 2.22.0 or later, you can develop with hot reload:

docker compose up --build --watch

Running with Go

Currently, running with Golang is cumbersome, but can be done with the following steps:

1. Install Go dependencies:

   go mod download

2. Export environment variables:

   # Postgres
   export MINISTRY_POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
   export MINISTRY_POSTGRES_USER=ministry
   export MINISTRY_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=ministry
   export MINISTRY_POSTGRES_DB=ministry
   
   # Spoofing
   export SPOOFER_TYPE=mock

3. Run the server:

   go run cmd/ministry/main.go serve

Configuration

Environment Variables

• Postgres

  Name	Description	Required
  MINISTRY_POSTGRES_HOST	PostgreSQL host	Yes
  MINISTRY_POSTGRES_USER	PostgreSQL user	Yes
  MINISTRY_POSTGRES_PASSWORD	PostgreSQL password	Yes
  MINISTRY_POSTGRES_DB	PostgreSQL database	Yes
  MINISTRY_POSTGRES_PORT	PostgreSQL port	No (default: 5432)

• Spoofing

  Name	Description	Required
  MINISTRY_SPOOFER_TYPE	Type of spoofer to use. Options are mock, and openai	Yes
  MINISTRY_OPENAI_KEY	OpenAI API key (required if MINISTRY_SPOOFER_TYPE is openai)	No

Endpoints

GET /latest

• Description: Returns a HTML page cataloging the latest articles.

• Response:

  • Content-Type: text/html
  • Body: Click here to view the full HTML template

GET /{slug}

• Description: Returns a HTML page for a specific article.

• Response:

  • Content-Type: text/html
  • Body: Click here to view the full HTML template

GET /healthz

• Description: Returns a 200 status code if the server is healthy.

• Response:

  • Status Code: 200