Let's say you are a Marketeer and you are looking for fellow marketeers on Steemit. Steembuddy to the rescue!
Result of the python script I am working on for steembuddy
Finding people that share the same interest as you will be a lot easier once we have communities but in the meantime I am working on a little web app called steembuddy which I like to introduce in this post.
Let's begin with a little intro first. Two weeks ago I started to learn python. For me the best way to keep motivated when learning something new is to jump on a project that is interesting to me but way above my head. After some thoughts about what I want to do it hit me ...
Build an app where Steemit users can enter a interest keyword and as a result all matching steemit users will be displayed!
1. Find a suitable database to query Steemit data
After reading various posts from @furion about SteemData, a Mongo Database that parses the STEEM blockchain, I was hooked and decided to learn more about it and use SteemData for my project.
Since we don't have communities yet I thought using the profile - about field to scan for keywords is a good start to filter users based on interests.
At this point I like to thank @furion to help me out to translate the MongoDB query into something I can use in python. Thank's Man!
2. Create a simple website that interacts with python and Mongo
This is where I am currently at, to find a way to make a user search query interact with python and mongoDB.
After watching some videos on youtube I think FLASK might be the right framework for me to use since Django seems to be used for bigger, more complicated projects.
If you have experience with integrating python / MongoDB in a website than please let me know in the comments. Chances are high that I will send you a message on Steemit.Chat with questions when I stuck.