GDELT

Set Google Cloud Credentials

for using BigQuery API for GDELT database you need to specify account Google Cloud credentials. Firstly create project. Just enter a project name (e.g. "GDELT"), and set location as "No organization".

Then use this page to create a new credentials for project. Choose as "Service account" choose "New service account". Fill "Service account name" by any name you want. As role select "BigQuery" -> "Big Query User". Choose JSON key type. Finally download key file by "Create" button. Rename file as google_cloud_credentials.json, and place it to GDELT/resources/google_cloud_credentials.json.

Install dependencies

To use tis app you must have python 3. To install dependencies:

pip3 install django plotly-express google-cloud-bigquery folium mapboxgl chart_studio ipython

Run application server

Run from main directory of project:

python manage.py runserver

To use virtual environment:

/venv/bin/python manage.py runserver

Mapbox access token

If you want to use your own mapbox account, you need to place you access token to GDELT/resources/mapbox_tocken. To create a new token go to this page.