Neo4j and the Crunchbase API mashup
Play with the live version at http://neocrunch.herokuapp.com/ See how it was built at http://wp.me/p26jdv-ow
git clone https://github.com/maxdemarzi/neo_crunch.git
cd neo_crunch
bundle install
rake neo4j:install
rake neo4j:start
rake neo4j:create (this could take a while)
rackup
To put this on heroku, you can run neo4j:create to get fresh data, and:
cd neo_crunch/neo4j/data/graph.db
zip -r crunchbase.zip *
or use the existing crunchbase.zip with data as of November 12th, 2012.
heroku apps:create
heroku addons:add neo4j:try
git push heroku master
Then go to your Heroku apps https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps/ find your app, and go to your Neo4j add-on. In the Back-up and Restore section click "choose file", find the crunchbase.zip file and click submit. Reload your app to see it running.