/self-replicating-repo

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Self replicating repository

This repository is created only to fork itself by own code. The code is located mainly in main.py all the other files in this repository are just configuration files. You can run this code locally, or deploy it to Heroku for free to have a personal instance.

Heroku Installation

Step 1: Deploy to Heroku

  • Click on button: Deploy to Heroku
  • Log in to Heroku if you are not logged in yet.
  • Come up with a name for your application and fill the corresponding field with it.
  • Do not close the page. Go to the step 2.

Step 2: Get OAuth credentials from GitHub

  • Visit https://github.com/settings/applications/new to register an application on GitHub.
  • Fill applicationg name field with any name. It is not required to be the same as Heroku app name.
  • Fill homepage URL with https://APPNAME.herokuapp.com where APPNAME is the same as app name from Heroku (if Heroku app name is peaceful-lake, homepage URL will be https://peaceful-lake.herokuapp.com).
  • Fill the GitHub application's authorization callback URL field with https://APPNAME.herokuapp.com/login/github/authorized where APPNAME is the same as app name from Heroku (if Heroku app name is peaceful-lake, authorization callback URL will be https://peaceful-lake.herokuapp.com/login/github/authorized).
  • You may leave description field empty, it is not required for further usage.
  • Register application

Step 3: Give OAuth credentials to your app on Heroku

Take client ID and client secret from your GitHub application and fill the corresponding fields on Heroku site. Click the "Deploy app".

Step 4: Visit your app and login with GitHub!

  1. Click on the "View" button or visit the https://APPNAME.herokuapp.com.
  2. Log in to Github.
  3. Done! Now you have your own fork of this repo.

Local Installation

Step 1: Get OAuth credentials from GitHub

  • Visit https://github.com/settings/applications/new to register an application on GitHub.
  • Fill applicationg name field with any name. It is not required to be the same as Heroku app name.
  • Fill homepage URL with http://127.0.0.1:5000
  • Fill the GitHub application's authorization callback URL field with http://127.0.0.1:5000/login/github/authorized
  • You may leave description field empty, it is not required for further usage.
  • Register application

Step 2: Install code and dependencies

Run the following commands on your computer:

git clone https://github.com/mykhaly/self_replicating_repo.git
cd flask-dance-github
pip3 install virtualenv
python3 -m venv venv
. venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Set environment variables

Run the following commands on your computer, inserting your values for variables (client id and client secret you should take from the Github applicationg you registered on step 1):

export GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=YOU_SHOULD_INSERT_YOUR_VALUE_HERE
export GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=YOU_SHOULD_INSERT_YOUR_VALUE_HERE
export OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT=1

Step 4: Run your app and login with GitHub!

  • Run the following command on your computer::
    python github.py
  • Go to http://127.0.0.1:5000/
  • Log in to Github
  • Done! Now you have your own fork of this repo.

Thanks to @singingwolfboy for his tutorial flask-dance-github, this code is massively borrowed from there.