Using OpenBlock

This section is all about what you can do with OpenBlock after you've taken care of Installation and Setup.

• Creating a Custom NewsItem Schema
  • Experimenting with Existing Schemas
  • Make a Schema From Scratch
  • Lookups: normalized enums
• Data Scraper Tutorial
  • Setting up Schemas
  • Using the REST API
  • "Expedient Hack" scraping
  • Using NewsItemListDetailScraper for List/Detail pages
  • Blobs
  • Running Your Scrapers
• Running Scrapers
  • Cron Configuration
  • Updaterdaemon Configuration
• Sending Alerts
  • Disabling Alerts
• OpenBlock REST API
  • Introduction
  • API Overview
  • Read API Endpoints
  • Item Search Parameters
  • Write API Endpoints
  • News Item Formats
• Widgets
  • Introduction
  • Widgets
  • Templates
  • Item Link Templates
  • Pinned Items, aka "Sticky Widgets"
• Deployment
  • Apache
  • Threading
  • Note on Virtual Hosting and Paths
  • Example Apache Config
• Maintaining an OpenBlock Site
  • Upgrades

Indices and tables

• Search Page