HackathonFinderAPI

In order to run the finder,

Execute: python list_view.py

And, Follow the comments in list_view.py to convert it into an API and integrate to wordpress website. Make sure that the wordpress website has a JSON viewer plugin.

Added: Scrapes websites every 48 hours, live feed

Make sure have MongoDB names as:

Database: hackathons Collection: hack_finder

Please make sure to change the paths of python scripts in the runscript.py file

Scraped Websites (Till now)

1. https://www.eventbrite.com

2. http://Meetup.com

3. https://www.postscapes.com

4. https://hackevents.co

5. http://hackathonsnear.me

6. http://www.hackalist.org

Used Dependencies (All latest versions):

1. Selenium

2. MongoDB

3. Scrapy

4. PyMongo

5. GeoPy

6. Pandas

API's used (Python SDK):

1. meetup.api

2. eventbrite.api

Dead Websites (Websites not anymore updated)

1. https://hackathonlist.nl

2. https://github.com/sdesalas/melbourne-hackathons

3. http://lanyrd.com