README.md

Flipboard_AutoFlip

A service to aggregate links from the pages of websites and conditionally flip them into selected magazines

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Required Python Libraries

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1. urllib
2. urlparse
3. pickle
4. os
5. json
6. BeautifulSoup
7. time
8. pyvirtualdisplay
9. selenium

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Properties Files

###################### JSON format

# login.properties
    {
        "username" : "AaronRamsey",
        "password" : "Arsenal#1"
    }

# init.properties
    {
        "sleepIntervalMinutes" : Interval between polling websites for urls
        "database" : "the name of the pickle db, no setup required just choose a name
        "browser" : browser for selenium to launch - leave blank for Firefox
        "vDisplay" : flag for selecting whether or not to use a virtual display - good for servers/heroku/background jobs/ etc
        "websites" :  a list of websites to gather urls from
        "magazines": a list of your flipboard magazines
    }