PyHackerNews

Hacker News written in Python

Auto Install

TODO

Manual Install

for example in Ubuntu 14.04 + MySQL + uWSGI + Nginx

Prepare

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git python-dev mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev nginx python-pip python-virtualenv
sudo adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'PyHackerNews' pyhn

Config MySQL

sudo mysql_secure_installation

sudo mysql -u root -p

# !!!!replace @password as you wish!!!!
mysql> CREATE USER 'pyhn'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '@password';

mysql> SET storage_engine=INNODB;
mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `pyhn_production` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci`;
mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, LOCK TABLES ON `pyhn_production`.* TO 'pyhn'@'localhost';
mysql> \q

sudo -u pyhn -H mysql -u pyhn -p -D pyhn_production
mysql> show databases;
mysql> \q

Init Project

su pyhn
cd /home/pyhn
git clone https://github.com/akun/PyHackerNews.git
cd /home/pyhn/PyHackerNews
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp src/pyhn/settings/local.example.py src/pyhn/settings/local.py
vim src/pyhn/settings/local.py
python src/manage.py syncdb --noinput
python src/manage.py collectstatic --noinput

Config uWSGI

# you can also use default config
vim deploy/uwsgi.ini

# running it manually
uwsgi deploy/uwsgi.ini

Config Nginx

# !!!!default port is 8000!!!!
# you can change to 80, but need remove `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default`
vim /home/pyhn/PyHackerNews/deploy/pyhn_nginx.conf

exit  # use default user
sudo ln -s /home/pyhn/PyHackerNews/deploy/pyhn_nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart

Config Upstart

# running uWSGI via Upstart
sudo ln -s /home/pyhn/PyHackerNews/deploy/pyhn_uwsgi.conf /etc/init

# after reboot, you can do it
sudo initctl start|stop|restart pyhn_uwsgi

Done

Demo: http://assert.do/

Features

• [o] show news list
  • [o] show news list, order by score, with paginator
  • [o] show news list, order by post time
  • [o] show news info: title, domain, point, reporter, since when, comment count
  • [o] vote for news. login required
  • [o] remove news you post. login required
• [o] submit news
  • [o] submit news with title and URL/Content. login required
    • [o] URL for news
    • [o] leave URL blank to submit a question for discussion
• [o] comment
  • [o] show comment list order by score, with indent
  • [o] show comment info: comment words, point, who comment, since when
  • [o] copy comment link, in browser address input
  • [o] add comment abount news. login required
  • [o] reply the comment. login required
  • [o] vote for comment. login required
  • [o] remove the comment you add or reply. login required
• [o] Auth/Account
  • [o] login with social site's oauth
    • [o] GitHub
    • [o] Sina Webo
  • [o] show social site's oauth list
  • [o] edit personal account info: username, email(for gravatar). login required
  • [o] show someone account info: username for show, score, about
• [o] Hacker News Score System(auto)
  • [o] news score
  • [o] comment score
  • [o] user score
  • [o] calculate score in background
• [o] Customrize
  • [o] Title
  • [o] Copyright
  • [o] Google Analytics
  • [o] Bootstrap Themes
• [o] RSS
  • [o] in news
  • [ ] in user
  • [ ] in comment

Contributing

fork it and init env

$ git clone git@github.com:yourname/PyHackerNews.git
$ cd PyHackerNews
$ virtualenv .
$ source bin/activate
$ make

add features or resolve bugfix, then run test

$ make test

make pull request

Changelog

0.0.3

• support news RSS

0.0.2

• update Python requirements
• docs: Manual Install
• make run support run by PORT

0.0.1

• init project

License

MIT