infodumpster

The infodumpster is a tool to analyze MetaFilter infodump data. It lives at infodumpster.org.

Prerequisites

Node.js and MySQL 5.x.

Installation

npm install dependencies.

Create the database mefi.

Set the environment variables MYSQL_USER and MYSQL_PASSWORD (or edit references in db.coffee and bin/import).

Run bin/download to grab a fresh copy of the MetaFilter infodump.

Run bin/import to import it into the database.

Run node index.js to start the server.