Comic Book Server

A web API/Application that serves up CBR and CBZ comics and displays them in the browser.

DESCRIPTION:

This is a web API/Application wriiten in python and using flask. ( pip install flask )

####This allows you to read your digital comic collection in a web browser on any device.

In its current state it will take a folder of comics ( CBZ and CBR only right now ) and will allow a user to browse through all subdirectories and select comics.

Once selected the comic is copied to a static folder, unpacked, embedded into some html and displayed. Each comic is served up from a unique folder.

###Currently you will want to clean out the unique folders generated in the static folder every once an a while. It does not have a janitor.

Check the Installation notes out HERE

VERSION HISTORY:

v0.1a

• Core Functionality, and some html styling. IT FUCKING WORKS!!

v0.2a

• Added Loading screen for unpacking comics

v0.3b

• Added Some basic application logging (incomplete)
• Added auto scroll to top on Comic Load and Entering a new directory
• Added support for GIF and PNG
• Corrected Logo and Loading to not rely on external address
• Added info div and link
• Added better error handling for running in production

v0.4b

• Removed dependency for hardcoded urls
• Updated loading screen
• Added tornado front end ( for production)
• Abstracted views to templates
• Improved Logging

v0.5b

• Large style improvements ( Thank you Colin )
• Added ability to request a comic
• Random background images
• Added Home button

v0.5.1b

• Style fixes
• I suck at CSS

v0.6b

• Added music to the home page ( random choice of 8 comic book TV and Movie theme songs songs )

v0.7b

• Added loading screen at "/" endpoint. Moved what was "/" to "/welcome.html"
• Added script for counting number of comics - added count to welcome.html
• Added "Report A Problem" feature and endpoint
• More style stuff
• I may be tinkering with stuff too much . . . It's late

v0.8b

• Added session authentication using redis and beaker
• More style stuff
• Added jquery

v0.9b

• Sessions - Now sends user back to the dir they were last in.
• Sessions - Now remember the last comic the user read and displays it's name
• Sessions - Sessions are awesome.

v1.0b

• Fixed Terrible sorting issue.
• Improved sessions
• Disabled a bunch of debug printing
• MILESTONE - Hit 10 Revisions - Fixed Sorting bug

HELP:

Feel free to send me a message! I will be glad to explain my work.