DailySnaps

DailySnaps is a Django based News website that retrieves news according to user's choice from various sources using endpoints NewsAPI.

Features

This is a Django-based website that displays top news and related news using NewsAPI.

1. User preferred news sections
2. Categorical search of news
3. Top news
4. News viewing of various websites
5. Filter by keyword
6. Save user's loved articles.
7. Tokenized Signup with confirmation in console(on local machine) or email.
8. Dark Mode view

Getting Started

Follow these instructions to get a copy running on your local machine for development and testing purposes

Prerequisites.

Anaconda, Python 3.6, git and Virtual Environment (Conda environment of Anaconda preferred)

Installing

1. Open up Terminal, and go into the directory where you want your local copy, e.g.

cd projects

2. Download a copy

git clone https://github.com/RITIKHARIANI/DailySnaps.git

3. Install a virtual environment

conda create --name djangoenv

4. Start the environment in the projects folder.

conda activate djangoenv

5. Install Django and its requirements using pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

7. Generate a secret key for your django app using

python

then run python and type

from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string

then

chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*(-_=+)'

then

get_random_string(50, chars)

and lastly

quit()

8. Copy this result and in your website/website/settings.py file replace

SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('DAILYSNAPS')

with

SECRET_KEY = 'your newly generated secret key here'

9. In the directory that contains 'manage.py' file, run the following to set up the database

python manage.py makemigrations news

10. When this has completed, run these migrations

python manage.py migrate

11. Create a user profile to login with

python manage.py createsuperuser

12. Create an account on newsapi.org and insert its API key in views.py

newsapi = NewsApiClient(api_key='API_KEY')

13. Once you have followed the instructions to create a user, then run the server

python manage.py runserver

14. If there were no errors anywhere, you can now go to http://localhost:8000/ in your browser to view a local copy of DailySnaps

Signup Usage

Once you fill in the details and click Signup button, look inside your terminal/console. There will be a uniquely generated link. Copy paste that onto your broswer's address bar and press enter. You will automatically be redirected to the website with you logged in.

Future Work

1. Integrate it with Machine Learning Recommendation Systems based on user's saved articles.
2. Make it mobile compatible
3. Include a Share button to Share news among various social network platforms
4. Make Ratings for articles
5. Password Change Option
6. Confirmation through Email

Major Contributors:

• Aditya Verma: https://github.com/adiver26
• Rahul Raman: https://github.com/Aiden-Frost ( updated profile )
• Ritik Hariani: https://github.com/RITIKHARIANI
• Romaanchan Skanda: https://github.com/Prix4Houdini

Special Thanks:

• Sourav Tecken: https://github.com/souravtecken