Utilize a public API to find out what events are happening in your city.
- Interact with an API to retrieve information
- Research different tools to interact with an API
- Parse and navigate JSON data
- Build a simple Command Line Application
- a Ruby HTTP library (use one of the following)
- json
In this exercise, we will utilize the RESTful SeatGeek API to retrieve and parse data about events happening in Boston, today.
Check out the Events section of the SeatGeek API documentation.
https://api.seatgeek.com/2/events is the index of events. We can filter results by adding query parameters to the URL.
https://api.seatgeek.com/2/events?venue.state=MA will filter results to only events occurring in Massachusetts.
Read the API Documentation to find out what other filters we can add to the query parameters in order to achieve the results we desire.
Print the results to the console.
Northlane with Volumes and Coldrain @ Brighton Music Hall
Elf The Musical - Boston @ Wang Theatre
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Boston @ Shubert Theatre
Jill Scott @ Orpheum Theatre
A Confederacy of Dunces - Boston @ Boston University
Shear Madness - Boston @ Charles Playhouse Second Stage
The Gene Pool @ Berklee College of Music
Using the ARGV array, allow the user to pass arguments to the local_events.rb app, so that they can scope results to a specific city and a specific date.