This is the source code for an aggregation site for various "Picture of the day" sites, written in Django.

Picture of the day sites currently supported:

• Wikipedia (english)
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (English)

See also: DEVNOTES.md.

Create a virtualenv and install the requirements listed in requirements.txt. The code has been tested with Python 3.4 in mind. See DEVNOTES.md for additional information.

• DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: The settings module to be used, e.g.:potd_ii.settings.local
• POTD_II_SECRET_KEY: For Django's SECRET_KEY setting

If you wish to use PostgreSQL:

• POTD_II_POSTGRESQL_HOST: Hostname of the DB server - optional, default: localhost
• POTD_II_POSTGRESQL_DB_NAME: PostgreSQL DB name
• POTD_II_POSTGRESQL_DB_USER: PostgreSQL user
• POTD_II_POSTGRESQL_DB_PW: PostgreSQL password

• POTD_II_SITE_DOMAIN: The domain name, default: http://www.potd.remote (change your hosts file if needed)
• THUMBNAIL_MAX_SCRAPE_SIZE: maximum pixel width or height for Wikimedia image downloads, default: 2400

Otherwise, a SQLite database (potd_ii_db.sqlite3 at the project source root) will be created if any PostgreSQL environment variable is missing.

Currently, there is no changelog; the best option at the moment is to read the commit messages.

At this moment, the code is not under a specific license, which means you are not allowed to use it in any way without written permission to do so.

The Python, JavaScript and CSS libraries used are under their respective licenses.

Christoph Haunschmidt: Project lead

See DEVNOTES.md for the libraries used.