sgShowtimesApi

Scrapes Singapore showtimes

Development

1. Install phantomjs and ruby 2.7
2. Install the bundler gem and run bundle install
3. Set up database
4. Run ruby server.rb

To test web scraper

1. Run irb (ruby interpreter) in home directory
2. Type load "./app/scraper/scraper.rb" into irb
3. Type Scraper.start_scraper to test

To set up database

1. Run rake db:environment:set if needed
2. Run rake db:setup

Deployment

1. Install phantomjs and ruby 2.7
2. Install the bundler gem and run bundle install --production
3. Add the scraper and maintenance task to cron using bundle exec whenever -w

Database

1. Install postgresql and create a new database according to config/database.yml. Follow the production section for configuration
2. Run RACK_ENV='production' bundle exec rake db:setup to setup and seed the database

Lastly, run the server in production using RACK_ENV='production' ruby server.rb

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