A Ruby on Rails 7.0.7 application that uses the Google Maps API to find and save places.
It's an exercise based on this tutorial from Drifting Ruby.
Additions and modifications to the original code include:
- Content Security Policy configuration, working with Google.
- Find a decent starting point for the map in new Places.
The current Ruby on Rails version is 7.0.6
| Required | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby | ~> 3.0 | ~> 3.2 |
| Rails | ~> 7.0 | Latest 7.0.x |
The application is configured to use PostgreSQL, but it is just one edit of
config/database.yml away from using whichever DB manager you prefer.
See the
Rails guide
for instructions on how to configure a specific DBMS.
| Required | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL * | ~> 9.3 | ~> 15 |
- * with headers, -dev packages, etc.
The application requires a valid Google API key. The corresponding account will require the following services to be active:
- Maps JavaScript API
- Maps Static API
- Places API
If the key has restrictions, as it should have, then the previous services will need to be enable for the API key as well.
Additionally Website restrictions will need to allow for the application URL,
which locally is going to be http://localhost:3000, assuming the server uses
the default Rails port.
Provide a Google API key.
The application expects an environment variable called GOOGLE_API_KEY to work
and it should be set to a valid key.
There are multiple ways and tools to set environment variables in a Rails
project, but the application provides the option to create a
config/local_env.yml file that will be used in development only to create
environment variables as defined:
GOOGLE_API_KEY: "my-api-key"The config/local_env.yml file is already ignored by git in the application
.gitignore file.
Create the database with:
bin/rails db:prepareThe local server can be started with:
bin/devBy default the application will be available at http://localhost:3000.
The port can be changed by editing Procfile.dev and changing the 3000 value
to the desired port number in the following line:
web: bin/rails server -p 3000