I'm looking for some insight on how to license this thing. I'd like to be as open as possible with it, open source is awesome and I want others to be able to deploy this site if they want to. However, I have a few preferences (none of which are set in stone) that I'd like to use to guide which license to pick. If anyone has experience with this kind of thing, I'd love your insight!

• I'd like credit for creating the original site if possible
• I don't love the idea of others making a version of the site with ads and deploying it for themselves
• I want to encourage open source contribution and creativity
• I want to protect myself from an elasticsearch-type-situation

I'm thinking we maintain a relatively original-looking version of the site, and have another branch where we can go absolutely wild with everything people want to contribute -- styling, different images and overlays (like people have been asking for on twitter), changing image placement, all the rest! That version could become a more general open-source web based meme creation app. Would love anyone's thoughts!

(via @nicksawhney https://github.com/nicksawhney/bernie-sits/pull/8#issuecomment-766295945)

Keep the site up? I wonder if there's some free way of keeping this up to get to 10M memes

• @heremaps @Tafkas ?
• leaflet? https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet or mapbox @mourner
• google maps? @jpoehnelt

$ flask run

• Environment: production WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment. Use a production WSGI server instead.
• Debug mode: off
• Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit) 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Jan/2021 19:37:24] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Jan/2021 19:37:25] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 - requesting from https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?location=new+york&size=640x640&key= 403 [2021-01-25 19:37:34,720] ERROR in app: Exception on / [POST] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/python3.8/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2447, in wsgi_app response = self.full_dispatch_request() File "/python3.8/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1952, in full_dispatch_request rv = self.handle_user_exception(e) File "/python3.8/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1821, in handle_user_exception reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb) File "/python3.8/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 39, in reraise raise value File "/python3.8/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1950, in full_dispatch_request rv = self.dispatch_request() File "/python3.8/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1936, in dispatch_request return self.view_functionsrule.endpoint File "/home/aswin/Documents/bernie-sits/app.py", line 18, in login image = add_bernie(img_bytes) File "/home/aswin/Documents/bernie-sits/images.py", line 75, in add_bernie alpha_l * l_img[y1:y2, x1:x2, c]) TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Jan/2021 19:37:34] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 500 -

Sorry to hear your fame is costing you. Thought recaptcha might be helpful to monitor in case you're getting spam. (Also it's a pretty interesting story in and of itself.) Anyway, if you create a site key, you should be able to monitor this better. Let me know if you need help once you get up and running.

https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3#top_of_page

You may also need to apply for a higher rate of traffic. This is a link for that https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/faq#are-there-any-qps-or-daily-limits-on-my-use-of-recaptcha

• it's mostly just monitoring traffic and potentially malicious requests
• to do more complex logic and prevent responses, it'd take a backend to verify if you're interested @nicksawhney https://dev.to/kumar_abhirup/implementing-google-recaptcha-with-react-and-node-js-1jgf

Hi, Can you give a breakdown of the API cost from google. When I checked the pricing it seems that Streetview API would cost 5.6 dollars per 1000 requests [ $56K USD for 10 million requests]. Also, can you give a breakdown of how much you have got via public donations? Putting these numbers publically can probably help increase trust and further receive funds to help you breakeven in case donations didn't match the costs

Hi,

I made a fresh PR, since my last was made through the web and this seemed simpler. If you are actively working on this now, feel free to just take any of my copy.

There's no need to do any computation server-side to overlay bernie, or use numpy/cv etc.

A CSS stylesheet can overlay the bernie.png image directly on top of a div that holds the result from google maps. I'll work on a PR on this in the evening if no one else gets to it.

An empty search was causing an internal server error, was able to check input before running the API request (which should help with requests/costs). Also made get_image() return None for a non-200 response code.

Hey,

Amazing work!

Non-python folks who may want to run this locally may be unfamiliar w/ installation. Could alleviate direct load on your installation.

Cheers!

• thought the downloaded image was cool and the idea hilarious
• had a hard time seeing on mobile though
• setup responsive font size based on the document size (rem)

before mobile:

after mobile:

I just attempted to simply deploy to Heroku from the Github page and faced the following issue right away.

I created my API key in APIs & Services, restricted the key to Street View Static API leaving application restrictions to None. I grabbed my Street View Static API secret from: https://console.cloud.google.com/google/maps-apis/credentials

Jan 26 11:42:08 my-heroku-app heroku/web.1 Starting process with command `gunicorn --timeout=0 app:app`
Jan 26 11:42:12 my-heroku-app heroku/web.1 State changed from starting to up
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1 [2021-01-26 19:42:13 +0000] [9] [ERROR] Exception in worker process
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1 Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/arbiter.py", line 583, in spawn_worker
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     worker.init_process()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/workers/base.py", line 119, in init_process
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     self.load_wsgi()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/workers/base.py", line 144, in load_wsgi
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     self.wsgi = self.app.wsgi()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/app/base.py", line 67, in wsgi
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     self.callable = self.load()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/app/wsgiapp.py", line 49, in load
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     return self.load_wsgiapp()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/app/wsgiapp.py", line 39, in load_wsgiapp
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     return util.import_app(self.app_uri)
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/util.py", line 358, in import_app
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     mod = importlib.import_module(module)
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/app.py", line 3, in <module>
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     import cv2
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cv2/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     from .cv2 import *
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1 ImportError: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1 [2021-01-26 19:42:13 +0000] [9] [INFO] Worker exiting (pid: 9)
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1 [2021-01-26 19:42:13 +0000] [10] [ERROR] Exception in worker process
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1 Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/arbiter.py", line 583, in spawn_worker
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     worker.init_process()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/workers/base.py", line 119, in init_process
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     self.load_wsgi()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/workers/base.py", line 144, in load_wsgi
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     self.wsgi = self.app.wsgi()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/app/base.py", line 67, in wsgi
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     self.callable = self.load()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/app/wsgiapp.py", line 49, in load
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     return self.load_wsgiapp()
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/app/wsgiapp.py", line 39, in load_wsgiapp
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     return util.import_app(self.app_uri)
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gunicorn/util.py", line 358, in import_app
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     mod = importlib.import_module(module)
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/app.py", line 3, in <module>
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     import cv2
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1   File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cv2/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1     from .cv2 import *
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1 ImportError: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Jan 26 11:42:13 my-heroku-app app/web.1 [2021-01-26 19:42:13 +0000] [10] [INFO] Worker exiting (pid: 10)
Jan 26 11:42:14 my-heroku-app app/web.1 [2021-01-26 19:42:13 +0000] [4] [INFO] Shutting down: Master
Jan 26 11:42:14 my-heroku-app app/web.1 [2021-01-26 19:42:13 +0000] [4] [INFO] Reason: Worker failed to boot.

I just had an idea about how to keep the site going while keeping everything open source and community oriented. Let's automate the crowdfunding aspect. Monitor API calls and donations to crowdfunding, pull functionality when money runs out, bring it back when money returns. Duh! This is probably a bigger undertaking than most of the suggestions so far, but I am getting so many messages from people wanting to bring the site back. What if we used it to try a completely community supported site model, which doesn't even have to go through me.

If you're on board with this idea, let me know and let's discuss implementation details below. The hardest part will be figuring out how big a role third-parties play in the collection of funds.

The biggest cost for this site was API requests. Caching will help offset this greatly. It would be nice to cache from some kind of unique image identifier instead of input string, since different inputs can cause the same image to be returned.

The backend at this point is just a proxy to the streetview api (although I left your routes in there).

Feedback welcome...I just got inspired and thought this would be a fun little sunday project.

I should've done this at the very beginning, but this site sorely needs testing, logging, and metrics. Feel free to submit any and all that you think are relevant! More updates to come in comments.

I'd like to share specific locations, while still pointing people to the site. So when the form is submitted the url might be something like https://bernie-sits.herokuapp.com/?location=niagara%20falls