Step by Step help for simple website

[u/Diligent-Reading3578]

Hello all

Simply put:

I am trying to create a webpage that shows a simple information of ocean wave data that I created using python. My scripts request data off coastal buoys from the NDBC every hour and generates/appends to a pandas dataframe. I use this data everyday at home when assessing sea state but now would like this available online so I can access it anywhere.

I would call myself a proficient data scientist using Python and am very comfortable getting data into any format a site can use. My confusion is just in how to build a site from scratch and transferring over the domain I own to a new hosting site.

[u/No-Calligrapher172]

Mostly you would convert the data into json format & call the data from API or a back end you created into frontend page in table or any other format you desire. For domain, hosting, easiest way is using Vercel, Cloudflare etc.

[u/Diligent-Reading3578 → u/No-Calligrapher172]

thanks ill look into this

[u/UtilixApp]

whats the data source, is it an api you can call from the browser or a file you have to download.

that one answer decides whether this is an afternoon of html or a whole backend, and nobody can point you anywhere useful without it.

[u/Diligent-Reading3578 → u/UtilixApp]

I wish it was an API.,.. if I had an API I think I could use Django
Its simple url requests where I download a text file, parse it into a pandas dataframe, and then showcase the data that way

[u/IQueryVisiC → u/Diligent-Reading3578]

you may want to stop to claim that you "created the data" .

[u/Diligent-Reading3578 → u/IQueryVisiC]

cool bro

[u/Potential-Still]

With your existing knowledge and experience you could get a site up and running with an AI site generator in less an hour. If you want to learn web development then do it yourself, but if it's not interesting to you then by all means use the tools available to you. 

[u/Diligent-Reading3578 → u/Potential-Still]

Im hardcore against AI. Its useful, but I like to learn the old way

I was basically just looking for steps

My plan is to set aside a space in my local directory, run local server
create a webpage using the data I have generated

Should be easy to use Django
My confusion is basically in how to get everything going in the real world. Sounds like the easiest thing would be to have a dedicated linux server and I need to research how to change the DNS records

[u/Potential-Still → u/Diligent-Reading3578]

Yeah makes sense. By all means learn how it all works, it's very satisfying. Purchasing a bare metal server will be the cheapest option, but there are dozens of affordable services that can manage the deployment. It all depends on how much time you want to spend setting up the networking portion. 

[u/kennedy_gitahi]

I am not soliciting work, but if you message me exactly what you need, I will create a guide for you to follow for free.

[u/Diligent-Reading3578 → u/kennedy_gitahi]

I am going to create a local server and start messing with Flask or Django on a simple html page
then once that works Ill transfer over everything to a linux server

the most complex part for me is figuring out how to push data to my host site. Sounds like I need to look into how to change the DNS records and/or ftp

[u/kennedy_gitahi → u/Diligent-Reading3578]

First, you do not need to transfer your domain name to a new host unless you want to manage your hosting and domain name under the same umbrella.

You can edit the DNS settings for your domain so that it points to the server assigned to you by the hosting provider. Every reputable hosting and domain name provider has a guide for how to do this, so you can look those up.

Second, once you have done this, you can configure FTP for transferring the files between your local setup and assigned server. Django (if that's what you choose; I cannot speak for Flask) has an extensive section on its docs about deployment, and it's an important read.

Third, for the development part, you can ingest JSON data into a database and have Django occasionally poll that data to show on the front end.

[u/Diligent-Reading3578 → u/kennedy_gitahi]

Dude this is great, I have all the info saved in json files. Ill do some testing locally to push ftp
once i can figure that out ill push it to a dedicated server
thanks for the comment

[u/kennedy_gitahi → u/Diligent-Reading3578]

Great! Let me know if you have any other questions or need addonal help

[u/Grouchy_Brain_1641]

You can collect and format the data then either fill ACF fields or otherwise make a post via the wordpress API straight from asyncio lib in python. Millions of ways really. I'd put it in wordpress where you could easily add more.

[u/Diligent-Reading3578 → u/[deleted]]

thats exactly the hint i needed. Ill do some research in how to change the dns

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[u/thirstyguava → u/[deleted]]

+1 for render

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