From baf53c4759b3e7c8b174bebe88de55f5eabac23e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ethan Dalool Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:34:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme with more setup and launch info. --- README.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 19b9d96..deac11a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ I am currently running a demonstration copy of Etiquette at http://etiquette.vou Etiquette is a tag-based file organization system with a web front-end. -Documentation is still a work in progress. In general, +#### Setting up -- You must make the `etiquette` package importable by placing it in one of your lib paths because I have not made a setup.py yet. The easiest way to find your lib path is `python -c "import os; print(os)"`. Rather than actually moving the folder I just use filesystem junctions. +I have not made a setup.py yet. So you must make the `etiquette` package importable in one of two ways: + +- By editing your `PYTHONPATH` environment variable. Note that the path refers to the Etiquette repository location and not the `etiquette` package folder: + + Windows: `set PYTHONPATH="%PYTHONPATH%;D:\Git\Etiquette"` Note the semicolon to delimit paths. To make permanent, use the Environment Variable editor or the `setx` command. The editor is better. + + Linux: `PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/home/Owner/Git/Etiquette"` Note the colon to delimit paths. To make permanent, add the export to your bashrc. + +- By placing it in one of your lib paths, or using filesystem junctions to make it appear in a lib path. Note that this time, the path does refer to the package itself. + + The easiest way to find your lib path is `python -c "import os; print(os)"`. Windows: `mklink /J fakepath realpath` for example `mklink /J "C:\Python36\Lib\etiquette" "D:\Git\Etiquette\etiquette"` @@ -17,12 +27,27 @@ Documentation is still a work in progress. In general, Linux: `ln --symbolic realpath fakepath` for example `ln --symbolic "/home/Owner/Git/Etiquette/etiquette" "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/etiquette"` - I'm sure you'll figure it out. +I'm sure you'll figure it out. + +#### Running locally - Run `python etiquette_flask_launch.py [port]` to launch the flask server. Port defaults to 5000 if not provided. - Run `python -i etiquette_repl_launch.py` to launch the Python interpreter with the PhotoDB pre-loaded into a variable called `P`. Try things like `P.new_photo` or `P.digest_directory`. - Note: Do not `cd` into the frontends folder. Stay wherever you want the photodb to be created, and start the frontend by specifying full file path of the launch file. + D:\somewhere>python D:\Git\Etiquette\frontends\etiquette_flask\etiquette_flask_launch.py 5001 + /home/Owner>python /home/Owner/Git/Etiquette/frontends/etiquette_flask/etiquette_flask_launch.py 5001 + +#### Running with Gunicorn + +1. Use the PYTHONPATH technique to make `etiquette` and `etiquette_flask` both importable. Symlinking into the lib is not as convenient here because the server relies on the static files and jinja templates relative to the code's location. + + PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/home/Owner/Git/Etiquette:/home/Owner/Git/Etiquette/frontends/etiquette_flask + +2. To run non-daemonized, on a specific port, with logging to the terminal, use: + + gunicorn etiquette_flask_entrypoint:site --bind "0.0.0.0:PORT" --access-logfile "-" + ### Project stability You may notice that Etiquette doesn't have a version number anywhere. That's because I don't think it's ready for one. I am using this project to learn and practice, and breaking changes are very common.