## 1. Project Overview & Quickstart (serialization/serialization) # serialization Open-source repository serialization/serialization ### Repository Details - **Repository:** [serialization/serialization](https://github.com/serialization/serialization) - **Primary Language:** Code *Note: High-volume repository documentation is actively indexed and synchronized by YakaAI.* ## 2. Official Technical Reference & Guides (serialization/serialization.github.io) ## File: README.md # saikiransripada.github.io [](https://travis-ci.org/saikiransripada/saikiransripada.github.io) [saikiransripada.com](https://www.saikiransripada.com) - My personal blog --- ## File: 404.md --- title: 404 layout: pagenotfound invisible: true --- I suggest you come back to [home](/) --- ## File: _config.yml # General settings title: Sai Kiran Sripada title_html: "**Sai Kiran** Sripada" pitch: baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog url: "https://www.saikiransripada.com" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com nb_posts_page: 3 dateformat: "%b %-d, %Y" lastfm: true cta: like: "Do you enjoy the blog?" post: "Did you like that post?" rss: ["You can suscribe to the", "RSS feed", ""] twitter: ["or follow", "on Twitter"] archive: "Welcome to the archives of this blog. Below, you will find all published posts listed in reverse chronological order." notfound: "I guess this page has moved somewhere else..." # Author author: Sai Kiran Sripada email: hello@saikiransripada.com twitter_username: neatcoder github_username: saikiransripada keybase_username: linkedin_username: saikiransripada hackerrank_username: leetcode_username: saikiransripada steam_username: author_website: avatar: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8281503 paginate: 3 paginate_path: /page/:num/ text: pagination: newer: 'Newer' older: 'Older' # Favicon favicon: safari: 5bbad5 theme: 3f3f3f # Build settings markdown: kramdown redcarpet: extensions: ["tables", "fenced_code_blocks", "autolink", "footnotes"] permalink: pretty sass: style: compressed plugins: - jekyll-paginate - jekyll-feed - jekyll-assets - jekyll-last-modified-at exclude: - jekyll_build.sh - Gemfile - Gemfile.lock - vendor --- ## File: about.md --- layout: page title: About permalink: /about/ invisible: true --- {% assign age = 'now' | date: '%Y' | minus: 1990 %} {% assign current_month = 'now' | date: '%m' | to_integer %} {% if current_month < 4 %} {% assign age = 'now' | date: '%Y' | minus: 1991 %} {% endif %} I am a software engineer based in Hyderabad, India. Over the past 11+ years, I have been coding primarily in Python, Ruby, Node.js, PHP, React, and Vue, with a strong interest in data structures and algorithms as well as back-end development. I enjoy writing code, [listening to music](https://www.last.fm/user/thephpguy){:target="_blank"} and [playing games](https://steamcommunity.com/id/saikiransripada){:target="_blank"} on the computer. I blog to document my ideas and research for future reference. This blog serves as a timeline of my life. If you'd like to get in touch, please send an email to [hello@saikiransripada.com](mailto:hello@saikiransripada.com). For secure communication, my PGP key is available on [Keybase](https://keybase.io/saikiransripada){:target="_blank"}. All views are my own. --- ## File: index.md --- layout: about title: Sai Kiran Sripada seo: title: Sai Kiran Sripada invisible: true --- {% assign age = 'now' | date: '%Y' | minus: 1990 %} {% assign current_month = 'now' | date: '%m' | to_integer %} {% if current_month < 4 %} {% assign age = 'now' | date: '%Y' | minus: 1991 %} {% endif %} I am a software engineer based in Hyderabad, India. Over the past **{{ 'now' | date: '%Y' | minus: 2012 }}+ years**, I have been coding primarily in *Python*, *Ruby*, *Node.js*, *PHP*, *React* and *Vue*, with a strong interest in data structures and algorithms as well as back-end development. I enjoy writing code, [listening to music](https://www.last.fm/user/thephpguy){:target="_blank"}, and [playing computer games](https://steamcommunity.com/id/saikiransripada){:target="_blank"}. I blog to document my ideas and research for future reference. This blog serves as a timeline of my life. If you'd like to get in touch, please send an email to [hello@saikiransripada.com](mailto:hello@saikiransripada.com). For secure communication, my PGP key is available on [Keybase](https://keybase.io/saikiransripada){:target="_blank"}. All views are my own. --- ## File: LICENSE.txt The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2016 batlab Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. --- ## File: projects.md --- layout: page title: Projects permalink: /projects/ --- Here's what I do with my free time! 1. [Get a notification when the movie tickets are available on BookMyShow]({{ site.url }}/get-a-notification-when-the-movie-tickets-are-available-on-bookmyshow/) 2. [Download photos, videos, and sidecars from Instagram]({{ site.url }}/download-photos-and-videos-from-instagram/) 3. [Find similar Instagram hashtags of a keyword]({{ site.url }}/find-similar-instagram-hashtags-of-a-keyword/) --- ## File: robots.txt Sitemap: https://www.saikiransripada.com/sitemap.xml User-agent: * --- ## File: .travis.yml language: ruby cache: bundler branches: only: - dev script: - JEKYLL_ENV=production bundle exec jekyll build --destination _site - cp CNAME ./_site/CNAME deploy: provider: pages local-dir: ./_site target-branch: master email: deploy@travis-ci.org name: Deployment Bot skip-cleanup: true github-token: $GITHUB_TOKEN keep-history: true on: branch: dev --- ## File: _posts/2015-11-20-include-css-or-javascript-in-moodle.md --- layout: post title: Include CSS or JavaScript in Moodle summary: When writing a custom plugin, place CSS in a file called styles.css in the base directory of your plugin /plugin/styles.css. Moodle will automatically load the CSS file for you. thumbnail: images/omid-armin-cF6gNl0EE-E-unsplash.jpg permalink: /include-css-or-javascript-in-moodle/ date: 2015-11-20 18:01:27 +0100 categories: moodle php hide_summary: true --- When writing a custom plugin, place CSS in a file called styles.css in the base directory of your plugin /plugin/styles.css. Moodle will automatically load the CSS file for you. To include a CSS file in Moodle: {% highlight php %} requires->css(new moodle_url('/path/to/file.css')); ?> {% endhighlight %} To include a JavaScript file in Moodle: {% highlight php %} requires->js(new moodle_url('/path/to/file.js')); ?> {% endhighlight %} Provide the relative path to the file (excluding document root). When writing a custom plugin, place CSS in a file called `styles.css` in the base directory of your plugin `/plugin/styles.css`. Moodle will automatically load the CSS file for you. --- ## File: _posts/2015-11-24-get-the-file-extension-in-php.md --- layout: post title: Get the file extension in PHP summary: A simple function to get the extension of a file. Meet pathinfo(). permalink: /get-the-file-extension-in-php/ date: 2015-11-24 18:01:27 +0100 categories: php hide_summary: true --- A simple function to get the extension of a file. Meet [pathinfo()](https://php.net/pathinfo){:target="_blank"}. {% highlight php %} {% endhighlight %} --- ## File: _posts/2016-01-20-always-backup-your-database.md --- layout: post title: Always backup your database summary: Always backup your database before playing with it! Better safe than sorry! permalink: /always-backup-your-database/ date: 2015-11-24 18:01:27 +0100 categories: protip hide_summary: true --- > Always backup your database before playing with it! Better safe than sorry! --- ## File: _posts/2016-02-19-font-from-origin-has-been-blocked-from-loading.md --- layout: post title: Font from origin has been blocked from loading by Cross-Origin Resource Sharing policy summary: Custom web fonts via CDN requires CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) configuration to display fonts properly. thumbnail: images/chris-yang-Ii0SqNV7e8I-unsplash.jpg permalink: /font-from-origin-has-been-blocked-from-loading/ date: 2016-02-19 18:01:27 +0100 categories: apache hide_summary: true --- Custom web fonts via CDN requires CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) configuration to display fonts properly. Add the below rule to your .htaccess {% highlight apache %} # Allow access from all domains for webfonts. Header add Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" {% endhighlight %} Using a wildcard is potentially insecure as it opens the domain to JavaScript access from any domain. Instead, you can allow your domain or subdomain. {% highlight apache %} Header add Access-Control-Allow-Origin "your-domain.com" {% endhighlight %} When `add` is used, the response header will be added to the existing set of headers; Whereas with `set` the response header will be set, replacing any header with this name. --- ## File: _posts/2018-11-18-get-a-notification-when-the-movie-tickets-are-available-on-bookmyshow.md --- layout: post title: Get a notification when the movie tickets are available on BookMyShow summary: This python script checks if movie tickets are available for a showtime and send an email notification. I’ve written this in Python 3 using BeautifulSoup. thumbnail: images/david-holifield-LIj0__XAnu0-unsplash.jpg permalink: /get-a-notification-when-the-movie-tickets-are-available-on-bookmyshow/ categories: python scraping date: 2018-11-18 18:01:27 +0100 hide_summary: true --- This python script checks if movie tickets are available for a showtime and send an email notification. I have written this in [Python 3](https://www.python.org/){:target="_blank"} using [BeautifulSoup](https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/){:target="_blank"}. Run the script using `python3 app.py`. Please feel free to fork and file issues or create pull requests. [https://github.com/saikiransripada/bookmyshow](https://github.com/saikiransripada/bookmyshow){:target="_blank"} --- ## File: _posts/2019-06-29-prevent-cname-file-in-jekyll-from-being-deleted-during-the-build-process.md --- layout: post title: Prevent CNAME file in Jekyll from being deleted during the build process summary: In Jekyll, the "_site" folder gets deleted and rebuilt after every change or build execution. thumbnail: images/jason-leung-TAltMGNXlos-unsplash.jpg permalink: /prevent-cname-file-in-jekyll-from-being-deleted-during-the-build-process/ categories: jekyll ruby date: 2019-06-29 18:01:27 +0100 --- If you have a custom domain, you may have to copy the CNAME file after every Jekyll build. You can use the `keep_files` option in `_config.yml` to prevent the CNAME file in the `_site` directory from being deleted during the build process. {% highlight yaml %} keep_files: ['CNAME'] {% endhighlight %} If you are using Travis CI, you can copy the CNAME file to the `_site` directory after the build process. Here's a sample `.travis.yml` configuration that you can use: {% highlight yaml %} language: ruby cache: bundler branches: only: - dev script: - JEKYLL_ENV=production bundle exec jekyll build --destination _site - cp CNAME ./_site/CNAME deploy: provider: pages local-dir: ./_site target-branch: master email: deploy@travis-ci.org name: Deployment Bot skip-cleanup: true github-token: $GITHUB_TOKEN keep-history: true on: branch: dev {% endhighlight %} --- ## File: _posts/2019-08-04-download-photos-and-videos-from-instagram.md --- layout: post title: Download photos, videos, and sidecars from Instagram summary: A simple command-line script to download photos, videos, and sidecars (album) of an Instagram profile. thumbnail: images/patrick-schneider-8bPJ0vagphw-unsplash.jpg permalink: /download-photos-and-videos-from-instagram/ categories: python instagram date: 2019-08-04 18:01:27 +0100 --- [Instagram Media Downloader](https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-media-downloader){:target="_blank"} is a command-line script to download photos, videos and sidecars (album) of an Instagram profile. No configuration or password required. This script works with public profiles only. ### Requirements - Python 3.x ### Usage 1. Clone the [Instagram Media Downloader](https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-media-downloader){:target="_blank"} repo to your computer. 2. Install the required packages using `pip3 install -r requirements.txt` 3. Run the script using the command `python3 instagram.py -u -p ` The path parameter is optional. Specify the path if you want to save the media in a specific location. If omitted, it downloads the media to the current working directory. Please feel free to fork and file issues or create pull requests. [https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-media-downloader](https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-media-downloader){:target="_blank"} --- ## File: _posts/2019-08-05-find-similar-instagram-hashtags-of-a-keyword.md --- layout: post title: Find similar Instagram hashtags of a keyword summary: A simple command-line script that lists similar hashtags based on a user keyword. thumbnail: images/riyan-wicaksono-LuZc578rdAc-unsplash.jpg permalink: /find-similar-instagram-hashtags-of-a-keyword/ categories: python instagram date: 2019-08-05 18:01:27 +0100 --- [Instagram Similar Hashtags](https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-similar-hashtags){:target="_blank"} is a command-line script that lists similar hashtags based on the user keyword. No configuration or password required. ### Requirements - Python 3.x ### Usage 1. Clone the [Instagram Similar Hashtags](https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-similar-hashtags){:target="_blank"} repository to your computer. 2. Run the script using the command `python3 hashtags.py` 3. Enter the hashtag. Please feel free to fork and file issues or create pull requests. [https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-similar-hashtags](https://github.com/saikiransripada/instagram-similar-hashtags){:target="_blank"} --- ## File: .circleci/config.yml version: 2.1 executors: ruby-executor: docker: - image: circleci/ruby:2.7 environment: BUNDLE_VERSION: 1.17.3 jobs: build: executor: ruby-executor working_directory: ~/repo steps: - checkout - restore_cache: key: bundler-cache-{{ checksum "Gemfile.lock" }} - run: name: Install Bundler 1.17.3 command: gem install bundler -v 1.17.3 - run: name: Initialize Git Repository command: git init - run: name: Install Dependencies command: bundle install --path vendor/bundle - run: name: Build Jekyll Site command: JEKYLL_ENV=production bundle exec jekyll build --destination _site - run: name: Copy CNAME command: cp CNAME ./_site/CNAME - persist_to_workspace: root: ~/repo paths: - _site deploy: docker: - image: circleci/ruby:2.7 working_directory: ~/repo steps: - attach_workspace: at: ~/repo - run: name: Configure Git command: | git config --global user.email "deploy@circleci.org" git config --global user.name "Deployment Bot" - run: name: Commit and Push changes command: | cd ./_site git init git remote add origin https://github.com/saikiransripada/saikiransripada.github.io.git git add . git commit -m "Deployed via CircleCI" git push -f https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/saikiransripada/saikiransripada.github.io.git master workflows: version: 2 build-and-deploy: jobs: - build - deploy: requires: - build filters: branches: only: dev