Yotter/CHANGELOG.md

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[0.2.7] - 2020.09.26

How to update:

1. See UPDATE if you are on a manual installation. Docker can be updated normally.

2. IMPORTANT You will need to change the nginx config file (/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/yotter) by adding /a on the proxy rule so it should look like this:

location ~ (/videoplayback|/vi/|/a/) {
       proxy_buffering off;
       resolver 1.1.1.1;
       proxy_pass https://$arg_host;
       proxy_set_header Host $arg_host;
       add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
}

3. Reload nginx sudo service nginx reload

Added

• Admins can add a donation link to the Instance - Check yotter-config.json after update.
• You can now use <instance>/registrations_status/icon and <instance>/registrations_status/text to get registrations info.

Fixed

• Channel images were not proxied.

[0.2.6] - 2020.09.20

How to update

1. See UPDATE if you are on a manual installation. Docker can be updated normally.

2. IMPORTANT You will need to change the nginx config file (/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/yotter) and it should look like this.

3. Reload nginx sudo service nginx reload

Added

• Admin tools - Delete inactive users.
• Youtube: Play only audio.

Changed

• Database character limits.

[0.2.5] - 2020.09.10

How to update

1. sudo supervisorctl stop yotter
2. cd </path/to>/Yotter
3. git pull
4. source venv/bin/activate
5. pip install -r requirements.txt
6. sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/yotter

• Add the following lines right below the location /static {.....} block:

    location /videoplayback {
      proxy_buffering off;
        resolver 1.1.1.1;
        proxy_pass https://$arg_hostname;
        proxy_set_header Host $arg_hostname;
        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
    }
  

Your /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/yotter file should look something like this.

7. Edit your yotter-config.json file and set the isInstance option to True.
8. sudo service nginx reload
9. sudo supervisorctl start yotter

Added

• Nginx video streaming for better experience - See how to activate it
• New data extractor module for videos.
• Show deleted tweets as deleted instead of error.

Fixed

• Youtube feed not loading due to datetime not found

[0.2.4] - 2020.09.07

Changed

• Remove non implemented settings from settings page.
• Changed video streaming chunk size.
• Video streaming now has a smaller load for the server.
• Video streaming is (a bit) more efficient - YoutubeDL moved on /watch instead.
• Settings page improved.
• Default DB to .env or environment DATABASE_URI and fallback to app.db.

Added

• Add instance info on settings page.
• Documentation: Contributing section.
• Option to delete an account.
• Show video title on browser tab title on /watch.
• Ability for admins to allow non-registered users to use the service.
• Added last_seen - See #35
• See last 40 minutes active users on settings.
• Video streaming headers - #27

Fixed

• Video descriptions overflowing the description box.
• Twitter: mentioned users on feed lead to broken links.

[0.2.3] - 2020-09-04

Added

• Youtube: Proxy all images through Yotter.
• General: Add server config file.
• General: @Sn0wed1 added a Docker file and Docker installation instructions.

[0.2.2] - 2020-08-27

Changed

• Twitter: Scrap nitter pages instead of using RSS.
• Youtube: Improved video UI
• General: Following management page UI improved.

Added

• Twitter: Quotations are now shown
• Youtube: Ability to seek videos!

Fixed

• Twitter: Empty feed was showing an ugly text

[0.2.1] - 2020-08-25

Changed

• Twitter: Improve general UI and efficiency
• Twitter & Youtube: Posts older than 15 days are not shown anymore
• Youtube: All channel links now link within Parasitter
• Twitter: Improve database logic
• Twitter: Remove Following tab and move it to 'following number'
• General: Ability to import accounts from exported JSON file

Added

• General: Welcome page
• Youtube: Ability to view a channel page: /channel/
• Youtube: Ability to search with full text: Channels and videos.
• Youtube: Ability to Follow and Unfollow a user from the channel profile.
• Youtube: Manage followed accounts clicking on 'following number'

Fixed

• Youtube: Channel link on channel videos not working.
• General: Most usernames were already taken.

[0.2.1a] - 2020-08-16

Breaking dependence with Invidious.

Changed

• Get video info through youtube-dl
• Stream video to client through local proxy.
• List videos without Invidious RSS feed.
• Use Video.js player.
• Search no longer depends on Invidious / APIs

[0.2.0] - 2020-07-29

Added

• Export your followed accounts (Youtube and Twitter) to a JSON file
• Youtube: follow Youtube accounts.
• Youtube: Manage suscriptions
• Youtube: Show video time duration

Changed

• Efficiency improvements. ~1s reduction on fetching time.
• Minor UI changes.

Fixed

• Saving posts didn't work on 2020.07.24 update.

[0.1.0] - 2020-07-19

Added

• Ability to save posts.
• Ability to remove a saved post.
• Error pages: Error 500, Error 405
• Open the original post on Nitter.

Changed

• Significant improvement on fetching feed efficiency - Parallelism applied.
• Changelogs now using Keep a changelog style.

Fixed

• "Saved" menu element logged out instead of showing saved posts.

[0.0.2] - 2020-07-14

Added

• First implementation of saved posts - Not working yet.
• Error 404 page.
• Empty feed now shows a notice.
• Requirements.txt file for a better installation and update experience.
• Pinned posts are now marked as it.

Changed

• More flexible user search. Search by username and show a list of possible results.
• Minor UI fixes.
• Fetching of accounts in a slightly more efficient way.

[0.0.1] - 2020-07-13

Added

• Ability to follow accounts.
• Ability to unfollow accounts.
• Ability to register users.
• Ability to visit a user profile.
• Search a user by its exact username.