The contents are as follows:

friendly-radius

Node server scripts for a web app that will search your social media friends by location. Client-side code not included in this repo, but you can try it out here: Friendly Radius on Pixelstomp

reddit-lookup

A redditor search engine. search by a variety of patterns, sectioned off by scope. Try it out here: http://pixelstomp.com/apps/reddit_lookup_utility/lookup.html

youtube lookup

A youtube search engine. Search for high quality thumbnails and for details about comment activity for a specified video. Try it out here: http://pixelstomp.com/apps/yt-request/yt_lookup.html

Project Installation

Option 1 - Docker method:

1. Have Docker installed and running.
2. Run docker build -t pixelstomp .
3. Run docker run -p 8080:8080 -d pixelstomp.

Option 2 - Local method:

1. Have Node installed.
2. Run npm install.
3. Run npm start.

Option 3 - Run with forever

1. Install forever with npm install i -g forever
2. Run forever start ./forever_config.json
3. To stop/restart the script, run forever stop pixelServer and forever restart pixelServer

youtube-module.js:

Setup

Initialize via require(./youtube-module)

Note: Use of this module currently requires that a module called environment.js exists in the same directory which provides a valid youtube app key through an exported function called getYoutubeKey. You can change this by hard-coding your app key into the places that these functions are called, but remember not to make your app key available in a public place.

API:

getAllComments(videoID): Retrieves up to 1000 comments on a given video. Returns a promise that resolves with as an array of comment threads.

• videoID {string}: The ID of the video

getVideoThumbnail(videoID, callback): Gets the highest quality thumbnail available for a video.

• videoID {string}: The ID of the video
• callback {function} Function that's called when thumbnail is retrieved.

getRecentVideo(user, callback): Gets the VideoID of the user's most recent video.

• user {string}: The user ID for a Youtube channel
• callback {function}: Function that's called when the videoID is retrieved.

getVideoChannel(videoID): Retrieves the channel ID for any given video. Returns a Promise that resolves with the Channel ID as a string.

• videoID {string}: The video ID of a Youtube video.

reddit-module.js:

Setup:

Initialize via require('./reddit-module')

Note: Use of this module requires that the methods getRedditAppKey and getRedditAppSecret are included in environment.js.

API:

getPost(subreddit, id, callback): Retrieves a reddit post.

• subreddit {string}: the name of the subreddit
• id {string}: the post's base-36 id, found in the post's URL: r/[subreddit]/comments/[id]/[title-of-post]
• callback {function}: is passed a single argument, an object with the following structure: {comments (array of comment items), link (object containing information about the post)}

getAllPostComments(subreddit, id): Retrieves all comments from a reddit post.

• subreddit {string}: the name of the subreddit
• id {string}: the post's base-36 id, found in the post's URL: r/[subreddit]/comments/[id]/[title-of-post] Returns a Promise that resolves with an array. Each element of the array is a comment thread, each starting with a root comment on the post itself.

getSubredditorsInfo(subreddit, callback): Retrieves a weighted list of intersections of redditor activity for a given subreddit.

In more detail: This method first gathers all redditors who have submitted a post currently on the front page of a subreddit (using the "Hot" filter). It then gathers the redditors' most recent comments and creates a tally of subreddits weighted by how frequently they were commented on.

• subreddit {string}: the name of the subreddit
• callback {function}: is passed a single argument, a map with the following structure: { [subreddit name]: [comment count] }

twitter-module.js:

Setup:

Initialize via require('./twitter-module');

Note: Use of this module currently requires that a module called environment.js exists in the same directory which provids a valid Twitter app key through an exported function called getTwitterKey. You can change this by hard-coding your app key into the places that getTwitterKey is called, but just remember not to make your key available to the public.

API:

RetrieveFriends(username, callback): Retrieves a list of friends for the provided user (accounts that that user follows).

• username {string}: The username of a twitter account.
• callback {function}: Is passed in a single argument, an array of objects with the following structure: {screen_name: (string), location: (string), url: (string)}

RetrieveTwitterUser(username, callback): Retrieves information for a single Twitter account.

• username {string}: The username of a twitter account.
• callback {function}: Is passed in a single argument, an object containing information about the requested Twitter user.