This is the backend of Newsdiff HK.
The frontend lives here, and the news scrapper lives here
Inspired by and modified from similar projects in Taiwan and US.
Install mongodb and start it up:
$mongod --dbpath <path to ur dev db>
To create a virtual environment and install the dependencies:
$ virtualenv -p python3 newsdiff
$ source newsdiff/bin/activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
To start API handling:
$ gunicorn api:app
To deactivate the virtual environment after use:
$ deactivate