jasonwarrenuk/got-my-back

UK Election '24 • Look up what local candidates have said about aspects of your identity

Got My Back

When your identity is raised, what have your local election candidates said & done?

Features

1. Enter your postcode & an identity descriptor (e.g. ADHD)
2. A list of your local candidates is returned. Click one to see their record on who you are.

Docs

• Data Flow
• Resources & Links

got-my-back's Issues

Constituency Lookup

App should take the user's postcode and correctly assign the parliamentary constituency

remove node modules from repository

git rm -r --cached node_modules

Utilise Debug

Implement these functions for modules

Deeds API

The app should make requests from an API/multiple APIs and return a feed of relevant information

Language Processing

The app should make reasonable inferences about relevant search terms from the user's input

Selectable Candidates

When a candidate is selected, the app should return relevant information

Separate Controllers

Functions called by router.GET/router.POST should be moved to separate controllers file

Utilise Morgan

Use this module more fully

server tidy up

Currently the server structured in both node and express i will be working on tidying it up .

Readme and contributors guide

let's build a good system around contribution and update the readme to help the newcomers and contributors to hit the ground running more autonomously

Candidate API

The app should make requests from an API that returns current parliamentary candidates

Separate Router

Remove the router.GET()/router.POST() from index.js and create a router file

App Navigation

App should allow the following routes:

graph TD
home["Home/Guide"] == Same Page ==> input
input["User Inputs"] -. Search ...-> list
list["List of Candidates"] -. Click Candidate ...-> c1

c1["Candidate 1"]

list -. New Search ...-o input
c1 -. New Search ....-o input
c1 -. Back to List ...-o list

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Modern Imports

Update the syntax to use modern import syntax rather than require()

Candidate List

App should return a list of candidates running in the constituency

Modern Filepaths

Use module-alias for dynamic filepath building instead of janky old js _dirname

Basic Front End

User Input

App should collect and store the relevant information from the user.

• Postcodes
  • Should be validated at entry
• Topics
  • Should entered as keywords/noun-phrases

Typescript Conversion