Reddit saved post API

This project contains a web API for accessing reddit saved posts.

Run

Environment variables

The following environment variables are required by the API:

• SECRET_KEY: A secret key used for flask-session
• CLIENT_ID: The reddit client ID (must be obtained via reddit)
• CLIENT_SECRET: The reddit client secret (must be obtained via reddit)
• REDIRECT_URI: The reddit redirect URI (must be obtained via reddit)
• SESSION_TYPE: The type of session backend used by flask-session
• APP_SETTINGS: Which configuration object to use: config.DevelopmentConfig or config.ProductionConfig

The following environment variables are optional for the API:

• WORKER_LOGGING_LEVEL: Controls the logging level for the queue workers
• NUMBER_OF_WORKERS: Controls the number of queue workers

Server

To run the main server, first populate any required environment variables, then start an application instance using gunicorn:

gunicorn main:app.app

To start the queue workers, simply execute:

python3 worker.py