django-exordium 1.4.3
A Django-based readonly web music library application.
License: BSD License

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Exordium
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Exordium is a read-only web-based music library system for Django.
Exordium will read mp3 and ogg files from the host filesystem and provide
an online interface to browse, download (as zipfiles or otherwise), and
stream.

The HTML5 media player `jPlayer <http://jplayer.org/>`_ is used to provide
arbitrary streaming of music.

Exordium was built with a very specific set of operational goals and does
not attempt to be a generic library suitable for widespread use.  There are,
in fact, no configuration options beyond those to define the file paths/URLs
necessary for basic usage.  Patches to add/change functionality will be
happily received so long as they don't interfere with or disable the current
functionality by default, but there is no internal development goal to make
Exordium a generic solution.

Detailed information about what Exordium expects from your library, and its
assumptions and limitations, can be found either in the ``docs/`` directory,
`Exordium's Website <https://apocalyptech.com/exordium>`_, or
`exordium.readthedocs.io <https://exordium.readthedocs.io/>`_.  It's
highly recommended to at least glance through these to get a feel for how
Exordium will function.

The name "Exordium" comes from the fictional technology of the same name in
Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" novels.  It's not a perfect name for
the app, given that the Revelation Space *Exordium* would make a pretty
lousy music library, but at least there's some element of data storage and
retrieval.  Exordium the *web-based music library*, as opposed to its
fictional counterpart, is only capable of retrieving music which has been
imported to it in the past.  I'll be sure to contact all the major news
organizations if I figure out a way to get it to retrieve music stored in the
future.

Requirements
------------

Exordium requires at least Python 3.8 *(tested on 3.9)*, and Django 4.0.
It requires the following additional third-party modules:

- mutagen (built on 1.45)
- Pillow (built on 9.0)
- django-tables2 (built on 2.4)
- django-dynamic-preferences (built on 1.11), which in turn requires:

  - six (built on 1.16.0)
  - persisting-theory (built on 0.2.1)

One unit test module additionally requires django-test-migrations (tested
with 1.2.0), but that's not required to run it.

Getting Exordium
----------------

Exordium is available to install on PyPI via ``pip install django-exordium``.
PyPI also hosts Python packages for Exordium in both source and
`Wheel <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wheel>`_ formats, at 
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-exordium/.  Source and Wheel downloads
of all released versions can also be found at Exordium's hompeage at
https://apocalyptech.com/exordium/.

Exordium sourcecode is hosted at `GitHub <https://github.com/apocalyptech/exordium/>`_,
and sourcecode archives of released versions can be found there at
https://github.com/apocalyptech/exordium/releases

Installation
------------

These instructions assume that you already have a Django project up and
running.

1. Install Exordium via ``pip install django-exordium``

   - If Exordium hasn't been installed via ``pip`` or some other method which
     automatically installs dependencies, install its dependencies::

        pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Add exordium, django_tables2, and dynamic_preferences to your
   ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting like this::

     INSTALLED_APPS = [
         ...
         'exordium',
         'django_tables2',
         'dynamic_preferences',
         'dynamic_preferences.users.apps.UserPreferencesConfig',
     ]

3. *(Optional)* For jPlayer streaming to work properly on a "live"
   install, the `Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy>`_
   HTTP header has to be set properly.  (This will generally not
   be an issue when running Django in "test" mode via ``runserver``.)
   Django defaults to using ``same-origin``, but unless your static
   content delivery also uses the same header, launching the streaming
   window will fail.  You can set the header to ``same-origin-allow-popups``
   inside ``settings.py`` to make this work, or ensure that your static
   files set the proper header.  (Making sure static files use
   ``Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin`` just like Django will
   do the trick.)  Setting the Django default can be done with::

    SECURE_CROSS_ORIGIN_OPENER_POLICY = 'same-origin-allow-popups'

   If your static content isn't served from the same protocol/hostname/port
   as Django itself, you will likely have to set either Django or your
   static files' value to ``unsafe-none`` instead.

4. Include the exordium URLconf in your project ``urls.py`` like this::

     path('exordium/', include('exordium.urls')),
   
5. Run ``python manage.py migrate dynamic_preferences`` to create the
   Dynamic Preferences models, if this wasn't already configured on your
   Django install.

6. Run ``python manage.py migrate exordium`` to create the Exordium models.

7. Run ``python manage.py loaddata --app exordium initial_data`` to load
   some initial data into the database.  *(This is not actually strictly
   speaking necessary - the app will create the necessary data
   automatically if it's not found.)*

8. If running this from a "real" webserver, ensure that it's configured
   to serve Django static files. Then run ``python manage.py collectstatic``
   to get Exordium's static files in place.  If you didn't want to set
   ``same-origin-allow-popups`` for Django's COOP header, make sure that
   your server sends a ``Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin`` header
   along with these static files, or possibly ``unsafe-none`` if the
   static files protocol/hostname/port doesn't match Django's.

9. Either start the development server with ``python manage.py runserver``
   or bring up your existing server.  Also ensure that you have a webserver
   configured to allow access directly to your music library files, and 
   optionally to the zipfile downloads Exordium will create.
   
10. Visit the administrative area in *Dynamic Preferences > Global preferences*
    and set the values for the following:

    - **Exordium Library Base Path**: This is what defines where your music
      library can be found on disk.
    - **Exordium Media URL for HTML5**: This is the base URL which provides
      direct access to the files in your library, used by the HTML streaming
      player.  Omit the trailing slash, though things will probably work fine
      even if it's in there.  Without this set properly, the streaming
      player will not work properly.  Note that if your base URL for Exordium
      is https, this will have to be https as well, to avoid browser errors.
    - **Exordium Media URL for m3u**: This is the base URL which provides
      direct access to the files in your library, used by the m3u Playlist
      functionality, and also the direct song download links when enumerating
      tracks.  This can be the same as the HTML5 URL.  Omit the slash, though
      things will probably work fine even if it's in there.  Without this set
      properly, m3u playlists and direct track downloads will not work
      properly.  This URL can be http even if the main site is https.
    - **Exordium Zip File Generation Path**: Path on the filesystem to store
      zipfile album downloads.  This is the one location in which the user
      running Django needs write access.
    - **Exordium Zip File Retrieval URL**: This is the base URL providing
      web access to that zipfile directory.  Note that if your base URL for
      Exordium is https, this will have to be https as well, to avoid
      browser errors.

    Without the last two options, Exordium will still function fine, but the
    album-download button will not be rendered.  Exordium will also function
    without the "*Exordium Media URL*" options being set properly, though
    with the caveats mentioned above.

11. If Zipfile downloads are configured, a process should be put into place
    to delete the zipfiles after a period of time.  I personally use a cronjob
    to do this::

      0 2 * * * /usr/bin/find /var/audio/exordiumzips -type f -name "*.zip" -mtime +2 -print -exec unzip -v {} \; -exec rm {} \;

12. Visit the **Library Upkeep** link from the Exordium main page and click on
    "Start Process" to begin the initial import into Exordium!