web-images-scraper-api

Built With

• Ruby version 3.1.4
• Rails version 6
• Redis Cache
• Selenium Chrome Driver
• SideKiq

Description

• Backend for the waller-photo-slideshow app.

Live Demo

Live Demo

Run instructions

• Make sure Redis is running, if not type the following commands in the terminal to start the Redis server

redis-server --daemonize yes

• You can clone the GitHub repo and run the app locally

  bundle install
  rails server
  

How to use the site

Make sure the server is running

• Go to http://localhost:3000/ in your web browser

• Follow the links on the waller-photo-slideshow to access the available features.

Setting up env variables

• Set access keys/credentials locally according to the .env_example file.

Deployment

• You can deploy on Heroku.

  • Make sure you run the following in the terminal for the build:

    heroku buildpacks:set heroku/ruby
    heroku buildpacks:add heroku/chromedriver
    heroku buildpacks:add heroku/google-chrome
    

  to add the required buildpacks.

  • Also remember to scale your dyno formation from the Heroku CLI with the ps:scale command: heroku ps:scale worker=1

Authors

👤 Marylene Sawyer

• Github: @Bluette1
• Twitter: @MaryleneSawyer
• Linkedin: Marylene Sawyer

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!

Feel free to check the issues page.

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📝 License

This project is MIT licensed.