Web application that will act as a hook, receiving an article URL and Title, which will then be added to your own Flipboard magazine.

virtualenv venv

source venv/bin/activate

Installs dependencies like 'requests' and 'Flask'

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set your Flipboard username and password as environment variables.

export FLIPBOARD_USERNAME='your-username-here'
export FLIPBOARD_PASSWORD='your-password-here'

Run the Flask server with:

python webapp.py

Now you have the web application running, you can accept GET requests with URLs and Titles that you want to add to Flipboard.

http://127.0.0.1:5000/?url=[URL_TITLE_HERE]&title=[ARTICLE_TITLE_HERE]

Example:

http://127.0.0.1:5000/?url=http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/nasas-space-exploration-vehicle-pimp-my-rover/&title=NASA%E2%80%99s%20Space%20Exploration%20Vehicle:%20Pimp%20My%20Rover

Only one test so far

python flipboard_tests.py

1. Allow configuration of the magazine you would like to post this to.