StartupRI.org

Ultimate guide for local startup events, companies, and resources.

The site is built with Ruby on Rails in the back-end, and Angular.JS for the front-end.

Mobile Angular UI Theme: http://mobileangularui.com

Requirements

• Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS/RHEL (StartupRI.org uses Heroku)
• Ruby 2.1.3
• PostgreSQL
• Rake Scheduler (Free Heroku Add-on: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/scheduler)
• API Data Sources (See Below)

Installation

1. Download app locally
2. Rename Application.sample.yml to Application.yml
3. In Application.yml, create a SECRET_KEY_BASE, include Data Source URLs, and setup Active_admin username and password
4. Rename Database.sample.yml to Database.yml
5. In Database.yml, add Postgres database settings
6. $ Bundle Install
7. $ Rake rb:create
8. $ Rake rb:migrate
9. $ Rake rb:setup
10. Download New Events from Meetup and Eventbrite: $ Rake new_events
11. Download New Startups from Angellist and Crunchbase: $ Rake new_statups
12. Visit http://localhost:3000/admin, "events" or "startups", and mark any unwanted entries as "hidden"

• If you just delete them, they will be created again when the rake task runs.

13. Uses Letter Opener for testing email locally (https://github.com/ryanb/letter_opener)
14. Sign up for http://mailjet.com, and include your email settings in Application.YML

• For any questions or comments, find me at http://twitter.com/andrewcpkelley

Data Sources

1. Meetup API

• http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api
• Sample JSON: http://api.meetup.com/2/open_events?status=upcoming&radius=25.0&category=2&and_text=False&limited_events=False&desc=False&offset=0&photo-host=public&format=json&zip=02903&page=20&sig_id=[YOUR_ID]&sig=[YOUR_KEY]

2. Eventbrite API

• http://developer.eventbrite.com/docs
• Sample JSON: https://www.eventbriteapi.com/v3/events/search/?q=Business+%26+Professional&venue.city=providence&token=[YOUR_TOKEN]

3. Angellist API

• https://angel.co/api
• Sample JSON: https://api.angel.co/1/tags/1712/startups

4. CrunchBase

• https://developer.crunchbase.com
• Sample JSON: http://api.crunchbase.com/v/2/organizations?organization_types=company&location_uuids=0b4dddee615bed9bbdfc79d89322881d&user_key=[USER_KEY]

JSON API

1. Events: https://StartupRI.org/api/v1/events

2. Startups: https://StartupRI.org/api/v1/startups

3. Resources: https://StartupRI.org/api/v1/resources

Coming Soon Projects You Can Contribute To

• iPhone and Android Apps (Probably going to use Angular.JS and https://github.com/lynndylanhurley/ng-token-auth)
• Implement way to find local start-up resources automatically
• SEO and Pretender Implementation
• Auto-tweeting
• and more!

Other

• Cool JSON Viewer: http://jsonviewer.stack.hu