Castpie

Converts article to audio using AWS Polly

Introduction

Like many other commuters living and working around Los Angeles, I do not have the time to read articles that interest me on the go. I subscribed to Ben Thompson’s Stratechery, and I would like to use my daily two-hour commute to do something productive. So, I built this service for myself.

To get started, you simply enter a rss feed, and choose the blogpost you wish to listen. The article will be converted into audio (.mp3 format) in few seconds.

Converted article demo

Tech

1. AWS Polly
2. Digital Ocean

Docker

To build the app docker build -t pollycast .

Running a Docker Container docker images

docker run -it --rm -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e pollyreader=$DO_SPACES_ACCESS_KEY_ID -e Secret=$DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -p 80:3000 pollycast

docker run -p 80:3000 {image-id}

At any moment, you can check running Docker containers by typing: docker container ls

Finally, you can stop the container from running by: docker stop {container-id}

Delete image docker rmi {image-id}

Delete linked container docker rm {container-id}

Endpoint/APIs

Feed

1. CREATE - /api/feed
2. GET - /api/feed
3. GET - /api/feed/:id
4. DELETE - /api/feed/:id

Articles

1. GET - /api/feed/:id/articles
2. GET - /api/articles/:id
3. GET - /api/articles/:id/mp3