/DropCastHero

Heroku app to dynamically generate a podcast feed from a dropbox folder

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Running this yourself

  1. Create a Dropbox app
    1. Go to Dropbox App Console (may need to create an account first)
    2. Create an app with the following settings:
      • Dropbox API App
      • Store: Files and datastores
      • Own folder: Yes
      • Name: HeroCast
    3. Generate an Oauth2 token on the app Settings tab (use this in feed URL in step 4.1).
  2. Create a Heroku app
    1. Sign up for Heroku
    2. Download, install, configure Heroku tools.
    3. Create Heroku app with heroku create --buildpack https://github.com/miyagawa/heroku-buildpack-perl.git
    4. Deploy app with git push heroku master
  3. Add items to feed
    1. There should be a "HeroCast" folder in an "Apps" folder in your Dropbox.
    2. Add audio and video files.
  4. Access feed
    1. Go to http://your-app.herokuapp.com/feed/accesstoken (from step 1.3)