Post::Text

A textboard written in Perl

Installing locally

Install dependencies:

cpanm --installdeps .

Running locally

Create a config file:

cp example_post_text.conf post_text.conf

This file right now just contains a Perl hash reference. Someday it should be YAML or XML or something better suited.

Run it in development mode:

morbo -w assets/css/ -w public/ -w lib/ -w templates/ \
    -w script/ script/post_text

Now try requesting http://localhost:3000

Testing

First, create a valid first thread and first remark to the first thread. The tests rely on the existence of thread #1 and remark #1 being the first remark to that first thread. Then you can run the tests locally:

prove -l

Building/running container

Build

podman build -t post_text .

Tag

podman tag post_text git.n4vn33t.com/swag/post_text

Push

podman push git.n4vn33t.com/swag/post_text

Pull

podman pull git.n4vn33t.com/swag/post_text

Run

podman run -dt --rm --name post_text -p 3002:3000 post_text

Generate unit file

podman generate systemd --files --new --name post_text

TODOs

1. Post preview
2. There was something else but I forget...
3. CAPTCHA
4. "All new posts flagged" mode (require approval for new posts)
5. Tests for mod-only user?

Crazy future ideas

(Lord knows there's TODOs I could be working on...)

1. Is remark_tally counting hidden remarks? Tried to add a WHERE NOT hidden_status but that returns null, probably need a different JOIN which may not be worth the trouble/processing
2. Implement tripcodes (moving this down in priority due to complexity...)
3. Post thread via SMS (twil.io??)