Install flask server on an Ubuntu intance

1. Install python
2. Install pip
3. Install Goose. On Ubuntu: pip install goose-extractor
4. Install Flask on Ubuntu: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-flask-application-on-an-ubuntu-vps
5. sudo python /var/www/flaskapp/flaskapp/init.py
6. Make a request. Here's an example: http://127.0.0.1:5000/api?url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41134799

Install flask server locally (Mac)

1. Install python
2. Install pip
3. Install Goose
4. Install Flask
5. Create a Flask server
6. cd to the folder where the flask python file apiServer.py is
7. $ export FLASK_DEBUG=1
8. $ export FLASK_APP=apiServer.py
9. $ flask run
10. Make a request. Here's an example: http://127.0.0.1:5000/api?url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41134799

Setup serverapi to run on boot

https://github.com/3adel/TextAnalyzer-API/blob/master/apiserver/How%20To%20Serve%20Flask%20Applications%20with%20uWSGI%20and%20Nginx%20on%20Ubuntu%2016.04%20%7C%20DigitalOcean.pdf

Some useful links

• http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.12/quickstart/#a-minimal-application
• Virual environments on mac: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/
• Newspaper library: http://newspaper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/install.html