diff --git a/automation.md b/automation.md deleted file mode 100644 index 3167198..0000000 --- a/automation.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -# Flask Application Initialization: -I'm initializing a Flask web application using Flask(__name__). This creates an instance of the Flask class, which I'll use to define routes and run the web application. - -#API Key: -I have an API key (NEWS_API_KEY) for accessing a news API. This key is used later to fetch health-related news. - -# Fetching IP, Time, and Timezone: -I'm defining a function fetch_ip_time_timezone() that uses the requests library to make an HTTP request to 'https://ipinfo.io/json' and retrieve information about the IP address, timezone, and current time. I handle potential errors using a try-except block. - -# Date Formatting Functions: -I have functions for formatting dates (format_date()) and determining a greeting based on the time of day (get_greeting()). These functions will be used later in the application. - -# Asynchronous Functions: -I'm defining two asynchronous functions, fetch_country_info_async() and fetch_health_news_async(country_code), using the httpx library. These functions asynchronously fetch country information based on the user's IP and health news based on the country code, respectively. - -# Formatting News Date: -I have a function format_news_date(date_str) that formats the publish date and time of news articles fetched from the API. - -# Synchronous Wrappers for Asynchronous Functions: -To use asynchronous functions synchronously, I've defined fetch_country_info() and fetch_health_news(country_code) functions, both calling asyncio.run(). - -# Country Name Lookup: -I'm using a third-party API (restcountries.com) to get the full name of a country based on its country code in the function get_country_name_from_api(country_code). - -# Flask Route - Main Page: -I define a route at the root URL ('/') using @app.route('/'). The function index() fetches IP, time, greetings, country information, health news, and country name. It then renders an HTML template (index.html) using render_template() and passes the fetched data as variables. - -# Run the Flask App: -Finally, I check if the script is being run directly (__name__ == "__main__") and, if so, I run the Flask application with debugging enabled (app.run(debug=True)). - -# Error Handling: -I've included some basic error handling, printing error messages when issues occur during API requests. However, additional error handling could be implemented for a more robust application. - -# Security Considerations: -I need to be cautious about handling API keys securely. Exposing sensitive information like API keys in code or logs is a security risk. - -# Debug Mode: -I'm running the app in debug mode, which is helpful during development but should be turned off in a production environment for security reasons. - -This Flask application fetches user-related information, health news, and country details to display on a web page. It's important to address potential issues, enhance error handling, and consider security aspects before deploying to production.