Event Finder

Team SafeAndSound

Event Finder is a web application that allows you to find upcoming events and meetups in a certain raidus of a specified location. After inputting your desired address and radius (miles), click the 'Find Events' button. Your Location appears as a red marker and events show up as green markers. When clicking on an event, you have the option to click the 'More Info' button, which brings you to a new page with more information about the selected event and shows you other events in a 2 mile radius of the selected event.

API Keys

Event Finder relies on the Google Maps API and Meetup.com API.

Google Maps API Key

1. Go to Google Maps API
2. Select 'Get A Key'
3. Follow the steps to create a project and receive your API key

Meetup API Key

1. Go to Meetup API
2. Create an account to receive an API Key

Instructions

1. Clone the repository $ git clone https://github.com/MarcusNg/SafeAndSound.git
2. Add the API Keys to api_keys.json

{
    "GOOGLE_MAPS": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
    "MEETUP": "<MEETUP_API_KEY>"
}

3. Next $ pip install flask and $ pip install requests
4. Run the application $ python app.py
5. Go to localhost http://127.0.0.1:5000/