Watch this video to see how it works: https://youtu.be/JqPajWlOyxY
This is a gem that uses scraping to gather information such as a phone number, address and url for WIC Clinics in the Denver area. WIC is a federal non-profit program for low-income mothers and children under the age of five. It allows the user to select a clinic and recieve that information.
I built this gem as part of my Flatiron bootcamp work to familiarize myself with scraping websites for structured information. I chose to scrape WIC data because I worked in WIC clinics for several years as a dietitian educating low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women on nutrition.
I took what I learned from this project, as well as my experience working in the clinics, and built Women's Directory a free, open-source website to help women find resources in their communities.
You will need Ruby 2.6 or higher to run this project.
Clone this project locally and install the dependencies:
git clone https://github.com/AARodgers/wic_clinic_finder.git
cd wic_clinic_finder
bundleIn your terminal, type the command below to run the application and get to the main menu:
ruby bin/wic-clinicsThis brings you to the main menu, where you have options to select different clinics to get their information. Use the up and down arrows to highlight a clinic and press 'Enter' to select it.
I accept pull requests from people that want to improve upon this app or add features. Open an issue or a pull request and I'll be happy to discuss adding your code.
License information can be found in the LICENSE file.