Connect-SharkWeek

Public API for Sharknado using the JSON API 1.0 Spec Newsfeed spec

Development

Make sure you have the following installed:

postgresql 9.4
python 3.5.1

We recommended that you use virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, or a similar tool to keep your development environment isolated from the rest of your system.

Install all requirements:

make develop

Test code quality:

make quality

Run tests:

make test

Here are the commands for setting up the DB:

$ python manage.py create_db
$ python manage.py db init
$ python manage.py db migrate
$ python manage.py db upgrade

To start the app in local development mode:

make run

Application Configuration

Application configuration is handled by the OS environment variable SHARK_APP_SETTINGS. Set this to one of the classes in app/config.py. For example:

For local development mode (this is the default): SHARK_APP_SETTINGS=app.config.DevelopmentConfig

For production mode: SHARK_APP_SETTINGS=app.config.ProductionConfig

Use the following environment variables to override the defaults in app/config.py.

Settings for this Flask app:

SHARK_HOST
SHARK_SECRET
SHARK_PORT
SHARK_NEWSFEED_LIMIT (default = 30)
SHARK_LOGGING_LEVEL (default = info)

Settings for the backend DB:

SHARK_DB_USER
SHARK_DB_PASS
SHARK_DB_ADDR
SHARK_DB_NAME

Basic Heroku Deployment

Local Database (not needed if connecting to a remote DB)

Create a new postgres db:

heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev

Initialize the local postgres DB on heroku:

heroku run python manage.py create_db
heroku run python manage.py db migrate

Get info on the postgres DB:

heroku pg:info

Helpful toolbelt commands for troubleshooting

Tell heroku that you need to run 1 dyno:

heroku ps:scale web=1

See that the web app is running:

heroku ps

See environment variables:

heroku config

Tail the logs: