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The functionality behind rory.cat is basic. Its primary focus is to serve pictures of Rory. It contains 3 links on any given page, a link to a new Rory image (named "New Rory"), a link to the Rory API, and a link to the [[Rory & Lorelai Fanclub (Discord | The functionality behind rory.cat is basic. Its primary focus is to serve pictures of Rory. It contains 3 links on any given page, a link to a new Rory image (named "New Rory"), a link to the Rory API, and a link to the [[Rory & Lorelai Fanclub (Discord server)|Rory & Lorelai Fanclub Discord server]].<ref name="root">[https://rory.cat rory.cat root page]</ref> | ||
Simply going to the root page will always show a random picture of Rory. However, clicking on the Rory image (or navigating to /id/:id manually) will take you to that image's specific page. On this page, the "New Rory" button is changed to "Random Rory" (which takes you to the root page), and a new link to the Rory API to that specific Rory image appears above the general API link.<ref name="id">[https://rory.cat/id/100 Rory image #100]</ref> | Simply going to the root page will always show a random picture of Rory. However, clicking on the Rory image (or navigating to /id/:id manually) will take you to that image's specific page. On this page, the "New Rory" button is changed to "Random Rory" (which takes you to the root page), and a new link to the Rory API to that specific Rory image appears above the general API link.<ref name="id">[https://rory.cat/id/100 Rory image #100]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:30, 28 December 2024
Rory.cat is a website dedicated to showing pictures of Rory. Its code is open-source on GitHub at Chew/rory.cat.
Information
The functionality behind rory.cat is basic. Its primary focus is to serve pictures of Rory. It contains 3 links on any given page, a link to a new Rory image (named "New Rory"), a link to the Rory API, and a link to the Rory & Lorelai Fanclub Discord server.[1]
Simply going to the root page will always show a random picture of Rory. However, clicking on the Rory image (or navigating to /id/:id manually) will take you to that image's specific page. On this page, the "New Rory" button is changed to "Random Rory" (which takes you to the root page), and a new link to the Rory API to that specific Rory image appears above the general API link.[2]
Most of the images are in the WebP image format. Because of the nature of the format, images served here are in some cases significantly smaller than their PNG counterparts.
History
The repository and its initial commit were on September 15th, 2020.[3]. Backend logic was added the following day,[4] as well as an API endpoint to get a random image.[5]. Finally, the following day finalized the site with a homepage.[6].
By request, a page and API endpoint to get a Rory image by its ID was added 4 days later on September 21st, 2020.[7]
The site code itself remained dormant for over a year until October 7th, 2021 where changes were made to enable the website to be a progressive web app (PWA).[8]
The site continues to add new Rory pictures.
References
- ↑ rory.cat root page
- ↑ Rory image #100
- ↑ Initial commit by Chew in Chew/rory.cat
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3db00a3, committed on September 15, 2020 . Retrieved December 7, 2024. - ↑ API/Home controllers by Chew in Chew/rory.cat
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aa81343, committed on September 16, 2020 . Retrieved December 7, 2024. - ↑ API GET /purr endpoint by Chew in Chew/rory.cat
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544a27b, committed on September 16, 2020 . Retrieved December 7, 2024. - ↑ Add home page by Chew in Chew/rory.cat
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2773260, committed on September 17, 2020 . Retrieved December 7, 2024. - ↑ rory by id (api/page) by Chew in Chew/rory.cat
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22c040c, committed on September 21, 2020 . Retrieved December 7, 2024. - ↑ Improvements and make Rory a PWA! by Chew in Chew/rory.cat
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6b68aa7, committed on October 7, 2021 . Retrieved December 7, 2024.