Better documentation, smoother checks

README.md

@@ -3,63 +3,28 @@
 A utility to fetch article requests from slack and generate pdfs for them, fully automatically.
 
 
-## Running - Pure docker
-> I recommend running with docker compose instead
-### How to run - auto archiving mode
-In this mode the program is launched as a docker container, in a headless mode. For persistence purposes a local storage volume is required, but that's it!
-
-`docker run -it -v <your storage>:/app/file_storage/ auto_news`
-
-You can specify additional parameters: 
-
-`docker run -it -v <your storage>:/app/file_storage/ auto_news debug` runs with debug values (does not write to prod db, does not send mails)
-
-`docker run -it -v <your storage>:/app/file_storage/ auto_news upload` catches up on incomplete uploads to archive.
-
-`docker run -it -v <your storage>:/app/file_storage/ auto_news reducedfetch` makes assumption about the status of the slack chat and greatly reduces the number of api calls (faster start up).
-
-These parameters can be combined (mostyl for testing I guess)
-
-Finally for manual file verification:
-
-`docker run -it -v <your storage>:/app/file_storage/ -e DISPLAY=":0" --network host -v \$XAUTHORITY:/root/.Xauthority auto_news check` lets you visually verify the downloaded files. The additional parameters are required in order to open guis on the host.
-
-
-### How to run - development mode
-In this mode, a docker container is launched with an additional volume, the local code. You can test your code without the need to rebuild the image.
-
-`docker run -it -v <your storage>:/app/file_storage/ -v <your code>:/code/ --entry-point /bin/bash auto_news`
-You are droppped into a bash shell, in which you can navigate to the `/code` directory and then test live.
-
-### Cheat-sheet Remy:
-
-`docker run -it -v /mnt/Data/COSS/Downloads/auto_news.container/:/app/file_storage/ auto_news`
-
-`docker run -it -v /mnt/Data/COSS/Downloads/auto_news.container/:/app/file_storage/ -v /mnt/Data/COSS/Development/auto_news/app:/code --entrypoint /bin/bash auto_news`
-
-
-`docker run -it -v /mnt/Data/COSS/Downloads/auto_news.container/:/app/file_storage/ -e DISPLAY=":0" --network host -v XAUTHORITY:/root/.Xauthority auto_news check`
-
-
 ## Running - Docker compose 
 
-I also wrote a rudimentary docker compose file which makes running much more simple. Just run
+A rudimentary docker compose file makes for much simpler command linde calls. 
 
-`docker compose --env-file <desired mode> up`
+* For normal, `production` mode and `upload` mode, run:
 
-All relevant passthroughs and mounts are specified through the env-file, for which I configured 4 versions: production, debug (development in general), upload and check. These files will have to be adapted to your individual setup but can be reused more easily.
+    `docker compose --env-file env/<desired mode> up`
 
-For the debug env-file, you will likely want interactivity, so you need to run:
+    All relevant passthroughs and mounts are specified through the env-file, for which I configured 4 versions: production, debug (development in general), upload and check. These files will have to be adapted to your individual setup but can be reused more easily.
 
-`docker compose --env-file env/debug  up -d && docker compose --env-file env/debug exec auto_news bash && docker compose --env-file env/debug down`
+* For `debug` mode, you will likely want interactivity, so you need to run:
 
+    `docker compose --env-file env/debug  up -d && docker compose --env-file env/debug exec auto_news bash && docker compose --env-file env/debug down`
 
-<!-- > Note:
+    which should automatically shutdown the containers once you are done. (`ctrl+d` to exit the container shell). If not, re-run `docker compose --env-file env/debug down` manually.
->
-> The `debug` requires additional input. Once `docker compose up` is running, in a new session run `docker compose --env-file env/debug exec bash`. The live-mounted code is then under `/code`. Note that the `DEBUG=true` environment variable is still set. If you want to test things on production, run `export DEBUG=false`.
--->
 
+    > Note:
+    > The live-mounted code is then under `/code`. Note that the `DEBUG=true` environment variable is still set. If you want to test things on production, run `export DEBUG=false`. Running `python runner.py` will now run the newly written code but, with the production database and storage.
 
+* For `check` mode, some env-variables are also changed and you still require interactivity. You don't need the geckodriver service however. The simplest way is to run
+
+`docker compose --env-file env/check run auto_news`
 
 ## Building
 
@@ -71,9 +36,9 @@ In docker, simply run:
 
 where the `Dockerfile` has to be in the working directory
 
-In docker compose, run the usual command, but append 
+In docker compose, run 
 
-`docker compose ... up --build`
+`docker compose --env-file env/production build`
 
 
 
@@ -82,7 +47,6 @@ In docker compose, run the usual command, but append
 
 ## Roadmap:
 
-[ ] automatically upload files to NAS
+:x: automatically upload files to NAS
 
-[ ] handle paywalled sites like faz, spiegel, .. through their dedicated edu-friendly sites
+:x: handle paywalled sites like faz, spiegel, .. through their dedicated edu-friendly sites
-...

app/utils_check/runner.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def file_overview(file_url: str, file_attributes: list, options: dict) -> None:
     file_table = Table(
         title = file_url,
         row_styles = ["white", "bright_black"],
-        min_width = 150
+        min_width = 100
     )
 
     file_table.add_column("Attribute", justify = "right", no_wrap = True)
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ def verify_unchecked():
         
         try:
             # close any previously opened windows:
-            subprocess.call(["kill", "`pgrep evince`"])
+            # subprocess.call(["kill", "`pgrep evince`"])
+            os.system("pkill evince")
             # then open a new one
             subprocess.Popen(["evince", f"file://{os.path.join(article.save_path, article.file_name)}"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             # supress evince gtk warnings
-            print("done")
         except Exception as e:
             print(e)
             continue

env/check

@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ DEBUG=false
 CHECK=true
 HEADLESS=true
 UPLOAD=false
-REDUCEDFETCH=false
+REDUCEDFETCH=false
+
+# ENTRYPOINT="/bin/bash"
+INTERACTIVE=true