Shinar
the place where the Babel Tower was built
pip install -e git+https://github.com/ruipgil/unbabel-py/#egg=unbabel_py
pip install -e .
flask run
The app requires some environment variables to be set:
FLASK_APP: which should be set toshinarnewsUNBABEL_USERNAME: refers to the username of the unbabel sanbox APIUNBABEL_API_KEY: must be set to the required API keyMONGO_PORT: optional, mongodb port. Defaults to 27017MONGO_HOST: optional, mongodb host. Defaults to localhost
The app can be tested by running:
python -m unittest
- Stories are fetched from the HN api regularly and stored in a collection within mongodb.
- The fetching process executes in a separate thread to the flask server
- The client will ask for the stories using an AJAX request (using fetch), and update the DOM without the need to reload the page.
- The (little) javascript code uses some of the features of the ES6 specification, and there is no bundling and transcompilation. This means that a modern and updated browser is needed to run the code.
- Translations are requested whenever a new story is found. The target languages to translate (portuguese and italian) are hard coded, but could be changed easily.
- In the same thread as the polling of new stories, the translations are checked.
- In the client side, stories that have just been discovered will appear without translations, as they become available they will appear on the screen.
- ShinarNews is tested and developed with python 3 in mind. It also uses a tweaked version of the unbabel sdk.