#Inform
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
##Technologies
The following technologies were used to create Inform
- Javascript
- jQuery
- HTML5
- CSS
- Angular
- MongoDB & Mongoose
- Express
- Node.js
- Bootstrap
- Angular-Bootstrap
- Moment
- Ng-Animate
- Animate.css
The following API's were used to create Inform
- IBM Watson Alchemy API (for search queries)
- Google Civics API (for polling information)
###User Data Model
####User Schema
| Key | Value Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
firstName |
String | added by user during sign up |
lastName |
String | added by user during sign up |
email |
String | added by user during sign up |
dob |
Date | added by user during sign up |
queries |
[query schema] | added when user runs news search |
friends |
[friend schema] | added by user when following a friend |
voteInfo |
voteSchema | added when user runs polling location search |
points |
Number | added during user creation, updated constantly |
address |
String | added by user during polling place search |
propsClicked |
[String] | added by user when proposition links are clicked |
####Vote Schema
| Key | Value Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
hasSearchedd |
Boolean | added by user runs polling place search |
myLocationName |
String | added by user runs polling place search |
myLocationStreet |
String | added by user runs polling place search |
myLocationCity |
String | added by user runs polling place search |
myLocationZip |
String | added by user runs polling place search |
myLocationState |
String | added by user runs polling place search |
myvoteUrl |
String | added by user during pruns place search |
elections |
[mixed] | added by user during pruns place search |
researchedCandidates |
[candidateSchema] | added by user runs polling place search |
####Candidate Schema
| Key | Value Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
race |
String | added when user clicks candidate link |
clickedCandidates |
[String] | added when user clicks candidate link |
clickedDem |
[Boolean] | added when user clicks candidate link |
clickedRep |
[Boolean] | added when user clicks candidate link |
clickedIn |
[Boolean] | added when user clicks candidate link |
####Friend Schema
| Key | Value Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
firstName |
String | added when user follows friend |
lastName |
String | added when user follows friend |
userId |
String | added when user follows friend |
points |
Number | added when user follows friend and updated constantly |
####Query Schema
| Key | Value Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
queryInput |
String | added when user searches for news |
negativeClick |
Number | added when user clicks on article |
positiveClick |
Number | added when user clicks on article |
neutralClick |
Number | added when user clicks on article |
###News Data Model
####News Schema
| Key | Value Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query |
String | added when any user searched for news query |
searchedAt |
String | added when any user searched for news query, updated when any user searches a day later |
articles |
[articlesSchema] | added when any user searched for news query, updated when any user searches a day later |
####Articles Schema
| Key | Value Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
headline |
String | added when articles schema is updated |
author |
String | added when articles schema is updated |
link |
String | added when articles schema is updated |
date |
String | added when articles schema is updated |
sentiment |
String | added when articles schema is updated |
##Routes
####Coming soon!
##Instalation