This repository contains a Django project that uses the SayIt component to provide a hosting service for transcripts, presenting them in a modern, searchable format.
Examples of transcripts hosted by mySociety's deployment of this hosting project:
SayIt is a Poplus component by mySociety. It is a Django application that can be included in your own Django project, or run standalone. If you want to host your own transcripts in SayIt, please see the Sayit repository; this repository is a remote hosting service on top of SayIt, similar to wordpress.com compared with wordpress.org.
You will need to have the following installed:
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elasticsearch (version 5 is not yet supported)
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PostgreSQL
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bundler, pip, virtualenv and yui-compressor
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The development files for libffi and libssl (if you're installing on a Mac, you might want to look at https://cryptography.io/en/latest/installation/)
There is a list of the required Debian/Ubuntu packages in conf/packages.
Clone the repository:
mkdir sayit.mysociety.org
cd sayit.mysociety.org
git clone https://github.com/mysociety/sayit.mysociety.org
Create a PostgreSQL database and user:
sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# CREATE USER sayit WITH password 'sayit';
CREATE ROLE
postgres=# CREATE DATABASE sayit WITH OWNER sayit;
CREATE DATABASE
You can run the bootstrap script directly, it will set up a virtualenv for you, or set up/activate your own virtualenv first if you prefer:
script/bootstraop
Alter the settings to match your setup:
cp conf/general.yml-example conf/general.yml
Set up the database, static files and language .mo files:
script/update
The development server should now run fine:
script/server
You'll want to use http://127.0.0.1.xip.io:8000/ and instances can be seen at e.g. http://default.127.0.0.1.xip.io:8000/