[Mailman-Developers] [GSoC 2014] Cordova/Android App for GNU Mailman Admin Interface

Bhargav Golla bgolla at g.clemson.edu
Wed Mar 5 15:35:33 CET 2014


Hi Abhilash

If you mean the last step of installation where we do cd
postorius_standalone;python manage.py syncdb, I wasn't asked for any
username/password. I checked the settings.py and it doesn't have any
specific default username/password.

And the http://localhost:8001/3.0 worked for me.


On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Abhilash Raj <raj.abhilash1 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Bhargav,
>
> On Wednesday 05 March 2014 07:36 PM, Bhargav Golla wrote:
> > Thanks for that change Rajeev. I was able to get the Web UI up and
> running.
> > I was trying to find out the default Username and password for this but
> was
> > unable to. When I was exploring docs in mailman.client and some config
> > files in mailman, I found that the default username and password for
> admin
> > is restadmin and restpass. Tried that and was out of luck there too.
> Could
> > you help me with the default username and password details?
>
> While setting up Postorius(the web UI) when you do 'python manage.py
> syncdb' for the first time, it asks you to create admin. You can log in
> using those credentials. 'restadmin' and 'restpass' are the credentials
> for the mailman rest server.
>
> > Also, there is a using.txt doc in mailman.client which says we can make
> the
> > REST requests by connecting to http://localhost:9001/3.0 using username
> and
> > password. Should the URL be http://localhost:9000/3.0 for this example
> or
> > would it be any different?
>
> AFAIK it is 'http://localhost:8001/3.0'. (Try it once. If I am wrong
> please someone correct me)
>
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Rajeev S <rajeevs1992 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Bhargav,
> >>
> >> Just do *mailman start*, without the bin.
> >>
> >> I have edited the wiki.
> >>
> >>
> >> *Regards, Rajeev S*
> >> *Government Engineering College,Thrissur*
> >> *http://rajeevs.tk <http://rajeevs.tk>*
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Bhargav Golla <bgolla at g.clemson.edu
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks Barry and Terri for your feedback.
> >>> I was trying to install Postorius locally and analyze what all would be
> >>> required in a mobile app for Admin. Doing the same, I have hit a
> >>> roadblock.
> >>> I am using the wiki provided here[1]. I tried to install mailman using
> >>> "set
> >>> up sources" part of the wiki. Though python setup.py install executes
> >>> without any errors, I am unable to see the folder bin/ in the same
> >>> directory. So, even though I proceed with further setup, I am getting a
> >>> "Mailman REST API not available. Please start mailman core" on my
> >>> localhost:8000 webpage. Could anyone help me here?
> >>>
> >>> [1]
> >>>
> >>>
> http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/A+5+minute+guide+to+get+the+Mailman+web+UI+running
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Terri Oda <terri at toybox.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2014-02-28, 7:36 AM, Bhargav Golla wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have a few questions regarding this idea.
> >>>>> 1. I intend to develop it on Cordova since it will help in porting
> the
> >>> app
> >>>>> easily to multiple platforms. Were there any ideas in this directions
> >>>>> regarding going native or hybrid?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Personally, I'd prefer if we went hybrid and had an html5 webapp that
> >>>> could be used straight over the web for mobile users who don't want to
> >>>> install an app, with Cordova used to build the individual platform
> >>> apps.  I
> >>>> may not be the mentor on this one, though, so I'm happy to defer to
> >>> whoever
> >>>> the final mentor is on this front.
> >>>>
> >>>> Incidentally, I've been using Intel's XDK for building Cordova apps
> >>> lately
> >>>> and highly recommend it for quick testing on various platforms and
> >>> screen
> >>>> sizes.  I've found it a very useful tool, and not just because I work
> >>> for
> >>>> Intel now!
> >>>>
> >>>>  2. Can I assume that all mailing lists built by Mailman support the
> >>> REST
> >>>>> interface? Also, I have tried to see if I can get JSON responses and
> I
> >>> am
> >>>>> unable to by adding a HTTP Accept Header to take "application/json".
> >>> Am I
> >>>>> doing anything wrong or is JSON not implemented?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know the answer to this off the top of my head: Barry?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>  3. As a starter, could I ignore internationalization for GSoC, but
> >>>>> implement interface in such a way as to be able to internationalize
> it
> >>>>> easily?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> We don't expect you to actually translate anything, don't worry. :)
> But
> >>>> you should definitely build as much as possible so that
> >>>> internationalization will be easy: make sure there's a quick way to
> get
> >>> a
> >>>> list of strings that need translation, at least.  Some of the strings
> >>> may
> >>>> be already translated in other components of Mailman, so you may be
> >>> able to
> >>>> get some translations to use to test if you have time at the end of
> the
> >>>> summer for internationalization.
> >>>>
> >>>>  Terri
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
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