README.md

Scooter-User-Generator

Java App. Queries Meetup to get the event list

To Build

• install Gradle
• type 'gradle scooterBuild'

To Run

• if built with Gradle, 'cd staging'
• Run generator with 3 arguments: Group Name, meetup date and private key
• example: java -jar ScooterUserGenerator.jar PEI-Developers 2015-10-08 API_KEY

Example

java Generator pei-developers 2015-09-22 jlk234jk234lkj34lk2j4lk23

(the key listed is gibberish)

Requires

Java 8. Also some classpath things with lib/ folder. App uses gson to do some deserialization. Eventually we can move this to scripts to deal with classpaths

Meetup key

• Log into the meetup api site (http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/)
• Go to the API Key link (https://secure.meetup.com/meetup_api/key/)
• Click the lock to show the key
• Copy the key

This key is your key which is assigned to your meetup profile

Meetup requires every request have a key

Disclaimer

Doesn't currently exclude elders. Not sure how those are flagged in the meetup api