b13i/subreddit-monitor

Monitor any subreddit for new posts

subreddit-monitor's Issues

Improve regex match

Use lookaheads to search where order is unimportant, and american express or amex is present.

http://www.regular-expressions.info/lookaround.html

Test Reddit's Rate-Limiting

1. Continuously fire requests, counting the number of successful ones and stopping after the first error.
2. Change user-agent, try again. If the requests go through, then reddit only checks the user-agent, and that makes it easier for us to scale the app and accommodate new users.

Isolate subreddit-monitor in deployment environment

Currently, this project is hosted on my ec2 instance, where restarting the server kills this app as well as all other hosted apps.

Solutions:

• Logically isolate apps using docker. A system reboot would still kill all applications, but system reboots would mostly be replaced by logical reboots. Requires modifying rc.local to spin up containers.
• Move project to raspberry pi. Solves this issue, but doesn't solve the underlying problem of "2+ hosted apps on one machine".

AMEX Deals Megathread?

Worth exploring integrations?

Seems primarily useful for current cardholders.

Fix missing quotation in email body

Batch new matches into a single email

Currently, every new match sends out a new email. No bueno.

Make a bot

Thinking a FB bot.

Makes sense, in a way:

• Benefits of the FB platform (handles user auth, distribution, accessibility, etc.)
• Messaging throws up a quick UI around a script that would be otherwise inaccessible to people who don't know coding.

Cons:

• Messaging wouldn't be the most efficient UI. A form would be easier for the user. Can you send forms through FB messenger?

If I do this, will also need to hide what topics a person is subscribed to. I shouldn't be able to access that sensitive information. (worry about security later)

Needs an architectural discussion:

• Notification system should be separate from the chat server. The chat server interfaces with the user and writes to a common store. The notification system reads from the common store.