DonorsChoose

DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need.

This is a gem that wraps their API.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'donors_choose'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install donors_choose

The first thing you should do is request an API key. They provide a test key, "DONORSCHOOSE", that will occasionally be turned off. So be nice and get your own. :)

We're currently developing support for the full API, but right now, there are just two methods.

DonorsChoose.api_key = "DONORSCHOOSE"

projects = DonorsChoose::Project.near_me("40.4405556", "-79.9961111")
projects = DonorsChoose::Project.by_zip("15232")

Projects will be an array of objects that contain all of the data returned by the request. You can learn about these objects through introspection:

> projects.first.methods(false)
=> [:id, ...

For example. These objects are dynamically created based on the response, so minor API updates may change the attributes.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request