Purpose
This app will ask for your location and proceed to display a map of nearby establishments via the Google Places API.
Clicking on a map pin will query the Twitter API for any tweets that include one of the categories the place has been filed under. It will only query for tweets with images, and will display the results in a grid on the page.
Requirements
- Node.js 6+
- Optional: Flow v0.32+ for type-checking during development.
Getting Started
- Clone this project and run
npm installto install the dependencies. - The following environment keys are required. You can either set them via the command line, or create a
.envfile in the root of the project and place them in there. The API keys will be explained later.
- GOOGLE_API_KEY
- TWITTER_KEY
- TWITTER_SECRET
- Use the command
npm run devto start both the client and server.
API Keys
Visit the Google API Console and create a new application if necessary. Enable the following API's for your project:
- Google Places API Web Service
- Google Maps JavaScript API
Visit Twitter Apps and generate a new app if needed. From the app's page, choose Keys and Access Tokens from the nav. The Consumer Key is the TWITTER_KEY and the Consumer Secret is the TWITTER_SECRET variable.
Testing
Use npm test to run the tests.
Author
Michael LaCroix