Acquire A Hire

Acquire A Hire is a Rails-based web application that allows users to post jobs and hire professionals, and allows professionals to bid on jobs.

Installation

Acquire A Hire uses Ruby 2.3.0 and Rails 5.0.0.1. Run the command bundle install to install necessary gems.
NOTE: Do not run bundle update, as this will update to a version of Capistrano that is incompatible with our server.

Deployment

To deploy Acquire A Hire, run the command bundle exec cap production deploy.

Database

To create the database, run the command rake db:{create,migrate}. Seed data for requesters, professionals, jobs, and reviews is also included in the project. To import this data into your database, run rake db:seed.

Testing

First, update the test databases with the command rake db:test:prepare. Following this, use the command rspec to run the test suite.

API

OAuth 2.0 Handshake

Acquire A Hire uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol to receive a token for API requests.

• First, register your application on Acquire A Hire. You will receive an API key and secret.
• To authorize a user, have them make a GET request to '/api/oauth/authorize' with the parameters:
  • api_key (The key you received in step 1)
  • redirect_url (The url that you would like OAuth authorizations to redirect to)
• The user will then be directed to a page where they can fill in an email and password that are associated with Acquire A Hire.
• If they successfully login, they will be able to click a button to authorize your application to access their Acquire A Hire account.
• Following this, the user will be directed to the redirect path you specified earlier, with their OAuth access code as a parameter.
• Once a user has gone through these steps to be authorized, you may make a GET request to 'api/v1/oauth/token' with the parameters:
  • api_key (the API key for your application)
  • secret (the secret for your application)
  • code (the code that was given to a user upon authorizing the app)
  • redirect_url (the URL to redirect to)
• If successful, this request will return a 201 response with an access token. Otherwise, it will return a 403 response.

API Endpoints

• To send a message, make a POST request to /api/v1/jobs/:job_id/message.json with the parameters:
  • body
  • subject
  • token
  • recipient_id
• To see all messages for a user, make a GET request to /api/v1/jobs/:job_id/messages.json with the parameter:
  • token
• If this is successful, you will receive a response with a status of 200 and an array of all messages for that user regarding that job.

Authors

Brendan Dillon
Susi Irwin
Jean Joeris
Ryan Workman