pytaku: Self-hostable progress-tracking manga reader

Live demo: https://dev.pytaku.com (db may be hosed any time, also expect bugs)

Production instance coming When It's Ready (tm).

#Pytaku

Pytaku is a WIP web-based manga reader that keeps track of your reading progress and new chapter updates. Its design goals are:

Self-host friendly - if you have a UNIX-like server with python3.7+ and can run pip install, you're good.
Phone/tablet friendly - although I hardly read any webtoons these days so the phone experience may not be as polished.
KISSFFS, or Keep It reaSonably Simple you F-ing architecture/tooling FetishiSts! Oftentimes I have enough practice on industrial grade power tools at work so at home I want a change of pace. Flask + raw SQL has been surprisingly comfy. On the other side, mithril.js provides a good baseline of SPA functionality without having to pull in the Rube Goldberg machine that is """modern""" JS devtools.

#Development

## Backend ##
doas pacman -S nodejs  # used by cloudscraper to bypass Cloudflare

poetry install
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw/releases/download/3.32.2-r1/apsw-3.32.2-r1.zip \
      --global-option=fetch --global-option=--version --global-option=3.32.2 --global-option=--all \
      --global-option=build --global-option=--enable-all-extensions

pytaku-generate-config > pytaku.conf.json
# fill stuff as needed

# run migration script once
pytaku-migrate

# run 2 processes:
pytaku-dev -p 8000  # development webserver
pytaku-scheduler  # scheduled tasks e.g. update titles


## Frontend ##

doas pacman -S entr  # to watch source files
npm install -g --prefix ~/.node_modules esbuild # to bundle js

# Listen for changes in js-src dir, automatically build minified bundle:
find src/pytaku/js-src -name '*.js' | entr -rc \
     esbuild src/pytaku/js-src/main.js \
     --bundle --sourcemap --minify \
     --outfile=src/pytaku/static/js/main.min.js

#Tests

Can be run with just pytest. It needs a pytaku.conf.json as well.

#Code QA tools

Python: black, isort, flake8 without mccabe
JavaScript: jshint, prettier

doas pacman python-black python-isort flake8 prettier
npm install -g --prefix ~/.node_modules jshint

#Production

sudo apt install nodejs  # used by cloudscraper to bypass Cloudflare
pip install --user --upgrade pip
pip install --user pytaku
pip install https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw/releases/download/3.32.2-r1/apsw-3.32.2-r1.zip \
      --global-option=fetch --global-option=--version --global-option=3.32.2 --global-option=--all \
      --global-option=build --global-option=--enable-all-extensions

pytaku-generate-config > pytaku.conf.json
# fill stuff as needed

# run migration script once
pytaku-migrate

# run 2 processes:
pytaku -w 7  # production web server - args are passed as-is to gunicorn
pytaku-scheduler  # scheduled tasks e.g. update titles

# upgrades:
pip install --user --upgrade pytaku
pytaku-migrate
# then restart `pytaku` & `pytaku-scheduler` processes

I don't have to remind you to properly set up a firewall and a TLS-terminating reverse proxy e.g. nginx/caddy, right?

#LICENSE

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.