# knittingtools

KnittingTools is a simple web app written in Python. It currently supports two main features:
* A knitting calculator
* A punchcard generator

The app has been tested on Python version 2.7 with the following dependencies:
* cairocffi 0.7.2
* CairoSVG 1.0.22
* pycparser 2.17
* pyparsing 2.1.5
* svgwrite 1.1.8

To run the server:

* Clone this repo
* If you are installing to a Linux platform that supports chkconfig, copy `./bin/knittingtools-chkconfig` to the location appropriate for your flavor of Linux (usually /etc/rc.d/init.d).
 * Edit the init script to reflect the appropriate locations for the lock file, python executable, server.py script and PID file.
 * Note that the app has only been tested using the supplied virtual environment.
* Start, stop or restart the server using the following commands:

`sudo service knittingtools start`

`sudo service knittingtools stop`

`sudo service knittingtools restart`

* Use the following command to determine the server's current status:

`sudo service knittingtools status`

Access and error logs are written to `/var/log/knittingtools.log` and `/var/log/knittingtools.log` respectively. The log configuration can be modified by editing `logging.conf`.