copernicus

Simple javascript loader for NewsAPI.org news. Simple UX for quick news search.

The Twitter feed is via IFTTT but limited to 100 tweets per day and is being quote-tweeted by @ParlRT twitter.com/ParlRT

Deployment

In the below instructions you will need a valid API key for NewsAPI, which can be obtained from the site.

Local deployment

You will need a valid Python runtime environment in order for this to work.

cd appengine

# You can add the --user option for non-root installation:
pip install -r requirements.txt

export NEWSAPI_KEY=... insert valid API key here ...
python main.py

Deployment to Google App Engine

• Copy creds.yaml to creds.yaml.example and populate with the NewsAPI key

• Install the Google Cloud SDK

• Go through the documented setup (e.g. gcloud init)

• Set up a new App Engine project

• Deploy the app:

    cd appengine
    gcloud app deploy