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Application Access

The app is accessible at: News Recommendation System

RESTful API

The API is available at https://news-recommendation.azurewebsites.net and includes the following endpoints:

• POST /createUser: Accepts a POST request containing a username and password. The server hashes the password using the SHA256 algorithm and stores it in the PostgreSQL database along with the username.
• POST /login: Accepts a POST request containing a username and password. The server validates the credentials against the stored data. If valid, the server issues a JWT authentication token, which must be included in all subsequent requests.
• GET /getNewsRecommendation: Accepts a GET request if a valid JWT token is provided. This endpoint requires pagination parameters such as page number. The server fetches previously read articles by the user, processes them through the model, and returns recommended articles.
• GET /searchArticle: Searches for articles in the database and returns the closest matches.
• GET /userHistory: Retrieves all articles read by the user.

Self-Hosting

Server Setup

1. Create a .env file with the same structure as .env.example.
2. Update the CORS policy in server/app.py to allow your origin (use the flask_cors library).
3. Navigate to the server folder and run the server using:

   python server.py

Frontend Setup

1. Update client/config/keys.jsx by replacing the SERVER_URL with the URL of your locally running server.
2. Navigate to the client folder and run the client using:

   npm run dev

Training the Model

Use the Notebook train_model.ipynb

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