daily-article

Serve a random article from MDN's glossary on each browser startup.

Dependencies

• npm
• node
• systemd (if you want to run it as a service)

Installation

1. Position yourself inside an appropriate directory and execute the following commands:

$ git clone https://github.com/sodic/daily-article
$ cd daily-article
$ ./install.sh

2. Set your browser's startup page to localhost:9000. This is only the default port, you can change it by editing the .env file.

Use ./uninstall.sh for uninstalling.

Usage

Basic

Install the service and you'll get a random MDN article every time you open your browser.

Complete API

• GET / - Get a random article
• GET /<article_name> - Get a specific article
• POST /<article_name> - Mark a specific article as read (the server will stop sending it when you make random article requests)
• DELETE /<article_name> - Mark a specific article as unread (the server will start sending it on random article requests again)