This application provides a hypothetical microlending platform where lenders can connect with worthwhile projects from around the globe.
Live Site: https://keevah.herokuapp.com
- AWS S3 -- Uses Credentials in ENV vars
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, andS3_BUCKET_NAME - Skylight.io -- Uses token in
SKYLIGHT_AUTHENTICATIONENV variable - Mandrill (SMTP API) -- Uses credentials in
MANDRILL_APIKEYandMANDRILL_USERNAMEENV variables
The app includes a lengthy seed file for setting up sample data -- rake db:seed
This application uses RSpec for its test suite. Tests can be run with rake or with rspec.
- Users register on the site as either a borrower (the business) or a lender (the customer)
- Borrowers automatically have a borrower page (the store)
- Within that borrower page, they post one or more loan requests (the products)
- A loan request has:
- a title description, categories & photos
- borrowing amount, requested-by date, a repayments-begin date, and a repayment rate
- A lender can browse the site and view all open loan requests
- They can add multiple loans from multiple borrowers to their cart
- They can then checkout and the funds are allocated to the borrowers
- The borrowers are notified that funding has come through and their loan request page is updated