Retrieve next Exchange.js event from Meetup.com API about exchangejs.com HOT 8 CLOSED

Some research ...

The auth console is quite handy for modeling queries (meetup login required):

https://secure.meetup.com/meetup_api/console/?path=/:urlname/events

The /:urlname/events method is the most relevant, in particular filling in 'startupedmonton' in the URL form field, generates queries like:

https://api.meetup.com/startupedmonton/events?&sign=true&photo-host=public&page=20

Returns multiple events, output looks like this:

[
{
"created": 1467591400000,
"duration": 10800000,
"id": "232356306",
"name": "Exchange.js Hackup",
"rsvp_limit": 15,
"status": "upcoming",
"time": 1467937800000,
"updated": 1467930697000,
"utc_offset": -21600000,
"waitlist_count": 2,
"yes_rsvp_count": 15,
"venue": {
"id": 24586003,
"name": "Jobber",
"lat": 53.54136657714844,
"lon": -113.50165557861328,
"repinned": false,
"address_1": "10520 Jasper Ave",
"city": "Edmonton ",
"country": "CA",
"localized_country_name": "Canada"
},
"group": {
"created": 1318829951000,
"name": "Startup Edmonton",
"id": 2660622,
"join_mode": "open",
"lat": 53.54999923706055,
"lon": -113.5,
"urlname": "startupedmonton",
"who": "Community Members"
},
"link": "http://www.meetup.com/startupedmonton/events/232356306/",
"description": "

We're getting together to hack on a new website and other projects for next year. Come join us to help out or bring your own!

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According to the meetup github api guide, users are limited to 200 requests an hour before they get served a 400 error. I believe this is specifically in the case of authenticated api requests, but I think it is reasonable to assume it's the same for un-authenticated requests as well.

I'm guessing we can probably work with that.

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Yeah I think it should work fine.

Also added 'description' to the fiddle, could be useful.

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By the way, what's interesting is that the above URL query generated with the API console returns data whether the user is logged into meetup or not (in other words, no API key is needed).

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Small proof of concept:

https://jsfiddle.net/cwant/x6xsbuz0/12/

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Interesting, thanks @cwant. I wonder if that means we can do without the server side for now?

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I wonder that too. The proof of context seems to indicate that it's possible. Maybe the number of requests per day is limited, or there is some other restriction. It was a bit of a surprise being able to set up the proof of concept without an API key.

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Why don't we give it ago without the server component then, and see we run into problems?

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