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GSOC 2017 Work Product - Achint Sharma - FOSSASIA

Achint Sharma | @Achint08 | Loklak Media Wall

This summer, I worked on FOSSASIA's Loklak Search, Loklak Server, Loklak JS Scrapers and. My major contribution was on loklak search to implement an auto-refreshing media wall to provide a different view for the search results.

Loklak Search

Outcome of contributions:

  • Loklak Search now provides a different view for the search results as a Media Wall.
  • Media Wall provides various customization options(including color options) for the user.
  • Media Wall is auto-refreshing and provides live feeds from the twitter.
  • Media Wall provides Direct URL for various customizations information in the link.
  • Coverage of the loklak search has improved. Implemented tests for most of the components and ngrx tools.
  • Loklak Search also provide media filters to filter out feeds with specific media.

Screenshots

Media Filters in loklak Search Media Wall View Customization

Loklak Server

Outcome of contributions:

  • Previously, feeds returned from the API had unnecessary pic.twitter.com/picId links attached t the tweet text. Now, tweet text returned from the API have only relevant text.

Loklak JS Scrapers

Outcome of contributions:

  • Added Flickr scraper to the library. Also, helped co-developers to improve Base scraper.

Additional Links

College Meetup Event
Weekly Blog Posts
Facebook Blog Shares
Twitter Blog Tweets
Daily Scrum Reports

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