shsu/commute-alert repository overview

⁠Commute Alert

Using Twitter streaming API and Pushbullet channels, alert subscribers of any problems along their commute. This app also supports Pushover, but that will require you to buy their clients⁠.

⁠Setup

• Get a Twitter Developer Account⁠
  • Create a new Twitter App⁠
  • Go to the API keys tab and generate your access token
• Get a Pushbullet Account⁠
  • Go to accounts settings⁠ to get your access token

⁠Deploy

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/shsu/commute-alert

⁠For Local Deployments

Make a copy of the example .env file. Insert your access tokens there:

cp .env.example .env

Assuming you have Ruby 2.1.x and bundler:

bundle install
bundle exec foreman start

⁠For Heroku Deployments

Go to the Heroku dashboard and set the following environment variables:

• PUSHBULLET_ACCESS_TOKEN
• TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN
• TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
• TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY
• TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET
• PUSHOVER_APP_TOKEN
• PUSHOVER_USER_KEY

Optionally, you can add Papertrail logging addon⁠ to the app.