AmsterdamPHP - Meetup.com Raffler

This application enables us to raffle off stuff to our meetup attendees. It uses the Meetup.com API to get all check ins, and then uses the Random.org API to randomly select winners.

Installation

Install into a virtual machine. (Linux and OSX users only)

Ensure that VirtualBox, Vagrant, and Ansible are installed.

1. git clone [email protected]:AmsterdamPHP/meetup-raffle-machine.git --recursive

2. run vagrant up

3. create config/parameters.yml (get your API key from meetup.com)

   meetup_group:   amsterdamphp
   meetup_api_key: YOUR_MEETUP_API_KEY
   

All done! Now you can access the application at http://app.local/.

Install directly onto your host machine.

1. Get code

2. Give permissions

   sudo chmod -Rf +a "`whoami` allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" cache logs
   sudo chmod -Rf +a "<apache user> allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" cache logs
   

3. Install Dependencies

   composer install
   npm install
   

4. Compile assets

   ./node_modules/.bin/gulp
   

5. Create config/parameters.yml

   meetup_group:   amsterdamphp
   meetup_api_key: YOUR_MEETUP_API_KEY
   

How to use it

1. Open the app index page to be presented with a list of meetups.
2. Click on a meetup.
3. Press [space] or [page down] to start raffles.

The page down key allows us to use most presentation remotes as well.