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DOOMcast uses real-time government data and social media to keep you one step ahead of disaster

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DOOMcast

DOOMcast uses real-time govenment data and social media to keep you one step ahead of disaster. https://doomcast.herokuapp.com/about.

Note: Some features like automated email and SMS alerts are disabled.

Uses ruby 2.1.2 and Rails 4.2.1

Setting up local environment

DB setup

  • Install postgres with homebrew
  • Start postgres $ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
  • Create a new DB called doomcast_development

Running locally

I run it with heroku local. The Heroku setup is here https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-ruby#set-up. But it can be run with Puma & Foreman.

  • clone the repo
  • run $ bundle install
  • run $ rake:db migrate
  • Start postgress if you installed with homebrew $ postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres
  • Start Heroku $ heroku local or Puma $ foreman start

Adding API keys,

For the app to run you'll need to sign up for the services the site uses.

  • Bing Maps
  • Forcast IO
  • Google Maps
  • Twilio
  • Twitter
  • Weather Underground

Add the API keys to your bash_profile or a .env file. export DOOMCAST_BING_MAPS_KEY=<your key> export DOOMCAST_FORCAST_IO_KEY=<your key> export DOOMCAST_GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY=<your key> export DOOMCAST_TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=<your key> export DOOMCAST_TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=<your token> export DOOMCAST_TWILIO_SMS_NUMBER=<your phone number> export DOOMCAST_TWITTER_API_KEY=<your key> export DOOMCAST_TWITTER_API_SECRET=<your secret> export DOOMCAST_TWITTER_API_ACCESS_TOKEN=<your token> export DOOMCAST_TWITTER_API_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=<your token> export DOOMCAST_WU_API_KEY=<your token>

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