HackerQueue

Your favorite tech sites compiled down to topics you find interesting.

Scrapes HackerNews, Lobste.rs, and /r/programming and then compiles them into a searchable and viewable source.

F.A.Q.

Q. Why did we create this?

A. HackerQueue was created because it gets annoying to go to more than one site for news, especially when you like to read a lot.

Q. Why does HackerQueue only display these three sites?

A. HackerQueue is currently purposed for news about Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Networking, and their cultures. The direction I wish for it to take may change in the future though.

Q. Will HackerQueue ever support posts?

A. If enough users are accumulated.

Q. What if I want more sites to be added?

A. Please create an issue report and mark it as an enhancement. I will look into it. If the site is related to Comp Sci/Comp Eng/ Networking or their cultures I will probably add it when I get free time.

Q. What is the purpose of the Database?

A. This is purely experimental right now, you could possible run analytics queries on it if you want.

API Routes

For Top Posts

Call	Site
/ycomb	HackerNews
/lobster	Lobste.rs
/rp	/r/programming

For New Posts

Call	Site
/ynew	HackerNews/New
/lnew	Lobste.rs/New
/rnew	/r/programming/New

Route Properties

var foo = [
  {
    "site" : "HN",
    "title": "Elvish – An experimental Unix shell in Go",
    "url": "https://github.com/xiaq/elvish",
    "comments": 26,
    "comments_link": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8090534",
    "points": 1337
  }
]

Database Config

You'll need to run a local instance of PostgreSQL server. Windows users can follow this guide - http://www.postgresqltutorial.com/install-postgresql/

1. Create the table(s) defined in db/schema/.
   1. Copy the command and run it in your PostgreSQL server (possible using psql shell, comes with your installation)
2. Make sure you have an env variable DATABASE_URL=postgres://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database>. If using docker-compose don't worry about the port.

To Run Locally

1. Clone the project
2. Install the dependencies

   $ npm install
   

3. Make sure the PostgreSQL server is configured properly
   1. Has a table as defined in db/schema/
   2. You have the following environment variable configured -

   DATABASE_URL=postgres://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database>
   

4. Make sure the PostgreSQL server is running and listening on the port specified.
5. Run HackerQueue

   $ node app.js
   

6. Visit the following URL in the browser

   http://localhost:3000
   

   To use a custom port set the environment variable PORT the the required value.

To run in Docker

$ docker build -t hackerqueue:latest .   
$ docker run -p [desired out port]:3000 -d hackerqueue:latest

Running in Compose

$ docker-compose up --build

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