*Rails Congress is a public information application about the US Congress, both House and Senate. This application started as a simple abstraction of the ProPublica Congress API, However, there are plans to expand this project even further. You can visit the live web site Your Congress to try it out.
If you are interested in contributing to this project, check out the CONTRIBUTORS Guide, and the open Issues.
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. Make sure you have the version of Ruby and Rails noted in the badges above on your system.
Clone this repository to your computer:
git clone https://github.com/eclectic-coding/rails_congress_app
Prerequisites This app uses the Propublica Congress API. You will need to apply for an API key, then add to Rails Credentials:
rails credentials:edit
Add your API key: propublica_api_key: YOUR API KEY
Install the gem files: bundle install
Install the javascript packages: yarn install
This project uses foreman to start both rails server and webpack for a smoother expereince. To start the project: foreman start.
Explain how to run the automated tests for this system
- Rake tasks for Database updates with
whenevergem - Add Bills section
- Add Nomination section
- Add Committee section
- Add Statements section
- Add Lobbying section
Check the Open issues to help.
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details about the process for submitting pull requests to us.
We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.
- Chuck Smith - Eclectic Coding
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details