Healthy UI

Getting started

React via CRA

1. get nvm

https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

2. install the right node / npm version with nvm

$ cd react-app && nvm use

3. install node modules

$ npm install

4. start the webpack dev server

$ npm run start

Python / Flask

via venv

1. create the venv

$ python -m venv .venv

2. activate it

$ source .venv/bin/activate

3. install reqs via pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. If the library.dll file is not present in the flask_app directory

cd go
go build -o library.dll -buildmode=c-shared main.go library.go c_youtube.go c_newsapi.go c_factcheck.go
rm library.h
mv library.dll ../flask_app

via docker

EXTENSION

the extension needs to be loaded into chrome:

extension workflow: $ cd extension-react
$ npm install
$ npm run build
$ npm watch

open chrome browser
navigate to chrome extensions page

select 'developer mode on' select 'load unpacked' navigate to the extension-react folder choose the 'dist' directory

Credits

• Logo and Icon for the chrome extension are generate from the logo.com website

ToDo

Winter 2025

• Finish implementing the videos fact-check articles

  • Fix the backend code to remove all inference errors [Done for now]
  • Fix frontend extension code so that it runs on local host [Done]
    • Display fact checked websites using the extension [Done]
    • Potentially always add it as a pop up when clicking a new youtube video [Done -> users are free to click the extension for fack check articles]
    • Need to add caching at the frontend [Done]
    • Add logo to extension [Done]
    • Create .env file [Done]
  • Create pipelines to host website
    • Create docker container
    • Host on remoter server (Heroku, Azure, ...)
  • Need to update fact-check algo and add anti-siloing algo
    • Update fact-check algo to better match words
    • Add anti-siloing algo

• If time permits, start implementing the carbon emission tracker

Known Issues

• YoutTube videos accessed through the chrome recent history tab will not update fetch fact-checked articles for the video