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TrifectaIII / MTG-Card-Reader-Web

MTG-Card-Reader 2.0, built as a webpage.
https://mtg-cr.tk
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build docs #16

Closed djdanielsson closed 4 years ago

djdanielsson commented 4 years ago

Is there any documentation on how people can build this themselves, instead of using your website? And is there a way for you to save the cards it has found to a database? Also have you thought about putting this in a docker container?

TrifectaIII commented 4 years ago

Hey man, sorry for taking so long to respond to this. I didn't see the email that github sent me.

Building this yourself requires running gen_set_files_gatherer.py until all card images in each set have been downloaded and processed (this takes forever, I could get you the processed set files if you needed them in other ways), then running bottle_app.py.

There is currently no way to save the cards to a database other than building a text file using the web interface and processing that yourself, but adding database functionality would be relatively trivial if you wanted to when you are running the project locally.

I have not used docker before, so I have not considered that. What benefits does docker offer compared to a VM?

djdanielsson commented 4 years ago

if you put it in a container then it would be a lot easier for someone to deploy a copy of it, instead of having to try and download the code and build it and configure it themselves. I haven't spent the time playing with it anymore which is why I didn't originally reply to your comment, but I am not sure if I will ever get around to it or not so thought it would be worth answering your question at least. Thanks for the info though so I should be able to get it working if I do get around to trying it again.