DemocracyOS

DemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings.

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Requirements

• MongoDB
• NodeJS & NPM
• Component npm install -g component

Install

For Unix Users

1. Fork and/or clone or even just download this repository.
2. Set your configuration keys for twitter and facebook on ./config (Check out documentation below).
3. Run make or make install && make run in the root of this application.

For others

1. Fork and/or clone or even just download this repository.
2. Set your configuration keys for twitter and facebook on ./config (Check out documentation below).
3. Run npm install in the root of this application.
4. Run component install in the root of this application. (Or ./node_module/component/bin/component install)
5. Run make run or NODE_PATH=. node app.js.

Development Settings

In order to install a development instance of this applications, you need to:

1. cp config.sample.json config.dev.json into this very directory
2. Set NODE_ENV environment variable to development
3. Then set the following configuration variables:

Facebook Auth

You'll need a Facebook application in order to log in with a Facebook user; add your private values to /config/config.dev.json.

If you don't already have a Facebook application, you can create one free by going to http://developers.facebook.com and following these easy steps.

Keep in mind that using separate Facebook applications for different environments (development, testing, production) is usually recommended.

Testing Settings

In order to install a testing instance of this applications, you need to:

1. cp config.sample.json config.testing.json into this very directory.
2. Set NODE_ENV environment variable to testing
3. Then set the following configuration variables:

Production Settings

In order to install a production instance of this applications, you need to:

1. cp config.sample.json config.json into this very directory.
2. Set NODE_ENV environment variable to production
3. Then set the following configuration variables:

Heroku Settings

In order to install this application you shoud set the following config services:

MongoDB

• MONGOHQ_URL: MongoDB add-on database url

Facebook Auth

• FB_CLIENT_ID: Facebook application ClientId.
• FB_CLIENT_SECRET: Facebok application ClientSecret.
• FB_CALLBACK: Facebook application callback url. Eg: http://yourdomain.org/auth/facebook/callback

Twitter Auth

• TW_CONSUMER_KEY: Twitter application ConsumerKey.
• TW_CONSUMER_SECRET: Twitter application ConsumerSecret.
• TW_CALLBACK: Twitter application callback url. Eg: http://yourdomain.org/auth/twitter/callback

Active Contributors

• Ricardo Rauch
• Cristian Douce Suarez
• Guido Vilarino

Useful links

• PDR Site: The Network Party official site.
• PDR Wiki: The Network Party official wiki.
• PDR Facebook: The Network Party official Facebook page.
• PDR Twitter: The Network Party official Twitter account.

License

MIT