jonfairbanks/f5oclockweb repository overview

⁠The Original f5oclock

A MEAN stack based application that scrapes r/politics/rising and asynchronously presents it to the user.

This is what was on f5oclock.com before they switched to the UI with ads.

⁠Prerequisites

1. Node v12+ Recommended
2. A Previously Setup MongoDB Instance
3. npm installed and up-to-date
4. Optional: pm2 to keep the app running in the background

⁠Getting Started

1. Clone the repo to f5oclock/ or a directory of your choice.
2. Run npm install in both client & server directories to install dependencies.
3. Pass a MONGO_URI env variable to overrode MongoDB details if necessary.
4. Run pm2 start client/index.js to fill the DB with posts.
5. Then run pm2 start server/index.js to start the front-end UI.
6. Once started, navigate to localhost:3000 to view trending news!

⁠Docker

This application is also available on DockerHub. To setup, run the following:

• First setup the backend service to collect Reddit posts: docker run -d --restart=always -e MONGO_URI='mongodb://user:password@localhost/f5oclock' --name f5serv jonfairbanks/f5oclockserv
• Last, fire up the frontend to view the UI: docker run -d --restart=always -p 3000:3000 -e MONGO_URI='mongodb://user:password@localhost/f5oclock' --name f5web jonfairbanks/f5oclockweb

The application should now be running on Port 3000.