This project consists of a data scraper, which allows for the filtering, tagging, and storing of relevant data relating to specific news feeds and articles within the oil & gas sector. It also includes an integrated blogging platform so that the client can produce and display their own original content within the web application. Additionally, the platform has been designed to a high usability standard, as to allow appropriate use for less technically savvy users.
The following software was employed in this project:
- Ruby on Rails (RoR)
- Heroku
- Bootstrap
- Nokogiri
- Bcrypt
- PostgreSQL
- Concurrency
- RSS
- OpenURI
- Cloudinary
- Heroku Scheduler
- Carrierwave
- Google Analytics
And here is the final product: