Setting Up pvsapi
Assuming you have already cloned the pvsapi git repo, you'll need to do the following:
- Install the following in your apache configuration where appropriate (if running apache2 you can just create a new file under sites-available, load the contents there, and then link to it from site-enabled):
WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi
<VirtualHost *:5001>
DocumentRoot /path/to/pvsapi/pvsapi
WSGIDaemonProcess pvsapi threads=10 display-name=%{GROUP} python-path=/path/to/pvsapi/pvsapi
WSGIProcessGroup pvsapi
WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/pvsapi/pvsapi/wsgi.py process-group=pvsapi
WSGIApplicationGroup %{GROUP}
WSGIScriptReloading On
<Directory /path/to/pvsapi/pvsapi>
<Files wsgi.py>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Files>
</Directory>
CustomLog "/var/log/apache2/pvsapi/access.log" combined
ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/pvsapi/error.log"
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
</VirtualHost>Also, if running apache2, create an entry in ports.conf:
NameVirtualHost *:5001 Listen *:5001
- Change your pvsapi/settings.py file whee appropriate:
DEBUG = False AUTH_ENABLED = False APP_PATH = '/path/to/pvsapi/' # NOTE: Do not include the extra pvsapi at the end! RELEASE_ID = 2 ADMINS = ['webmaster@votesmart.org'] SMTP_HOST = 'mail.votesmart.org' DB_HOST = 'hostname' DB_USER = 'user' DB_PASS = 'password' DB_NAME = 'pvsadmin' DB_PORT = '6432' REDIS_HOST = 'votesmart.org' REDIS_PORT = 6379 REDIS_DB = 0 MEMCACHE_HOST = '127.0.0.1' MEMCACHE_PORT = 11211 INPUT_LIMIT = 25 OUTPUT_LIMIT = 100 PHOTO_URL = 'http://static.votesmart.org/canphoto/' API_URL = 'http://localhost:5001/' API_MAJOR_VERSION = 2 CACHE_EXPIRE_LONG = 86400 # 1d CACHE_EXPIRE_MED = 21600 # 6h CACHE_EXPIRE_SHORT = 3600 # 1
- Install memcached and make sure it's listening on port 11211
- Install the following python dependencies:
- flask
- Flask-RESTful
- mimerender
