studygroup

Prototype application to allow creation of study groups within a given Meetup group.

Developing

Study Group uses OAuth authentication with meetup.com, so you will need to configure to be able to perform that authentication. You will run your development machine so that it pretends to be "dev-studygroup.bostonpython.com":

1. Go to http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/, and click "OAuth Consumers".

2. Create a new consumer, with these details:

    Consumer Name: Boston Python Study Groups
    Application Website: http://dev-studygroup.bostonpython.com
    De-authorization URL: http://dev-studygroup.bostonpython.com/deauth
    Redirect URI: http://dev-studygroup.bostonpython.com/
   

3. Create a settings_local.py alongside settings.py, with details from the OAuth consumer you just created:

    MEETUP_GROUP_ID = 469457    # Boston Python, use this exactly.
    MEETUP_OAUTH_KEY = "esgls3vaf5k7d9ufrvj0jtuvo0"     # Fill in with your own key
    MEETUP_OAUTH_SECRET = "mgi9mlaagc24o8a3f4hcvu0mb0"  #   .. and secret.
    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:////tmp/studygroup.db"
   

4. Create the database tables:

    $ sudo python manage.py create_tables
   

5. You have to be able to visit your dev machine using the domain name "dev-studygroup.bostonpython.com". The simplest way to do this is to edit /etc/hosts. Add this line to the file:

    127.0.0.1   dev-studygroup.bostonpython.com
   

6. Start the server:

    $ sudo python run_server.py
   

7. Visit the page in your browser using the URL http://dev-studygroup.bostonpython.com. You should see the Study Group page, and your server window should show URLs being served.

8. If you click the Sign In Now button, it should take you to meetup.com and ask you to authorize Boston Python Study Groups.

Running tests

Tests are run with unittest in the standard library:

    $ python -m unittest discover