Events Data

JSON data containing all events for the London chapter. Used to power the Node Girls website.

Full instructions on how to update the website here

Data structure

An event object has the following structure:

{
  "city": "",
  "date": "YYYY-MM-DD", // hyphens required
  "start_time": "HH:mm", // 24hr clock, with colon (:) and leading zero
  "end_time": "HH:mm",
  "title": "",
  "synopsis": "",
  "application_data": {
    "application_link": "",
    "application_text": "",
  },
  "venue": "",
  "sponsors": [ // always an array, in case of multiple sponsors
    {
      "name": "",
      "link": "valid url",
      "logo": "image url - remote or local file"
    }
  ]
}

Note: you might want line breaks for application_text or synopsis. Use <br/> as part of your string and it will be parsed correctly.

city

The chapter in question

date

Date of the event. Must be in the YYYY-MM-DD format, including hyphens. This is parsed by Moment.js to generate a more friendly format. It's also used by js/template.js to sort the data properly.

start_time, end_time

When the event is due to start and end. This must be 24 hour clock format, with a leading zero where needed. Valid: "18:00", "08:00" Invalid: "6.00" (missing leading zero), "06.00" (missing colon), "17.00" (missing colon)

title

This is the name of the event, e.g. "Introduction to JavaScript"

synopsis

Space to go into detail about the event, who it's aimed at, what people will learn etc.

application_data

Array of objects, with each object containing application_text and application_link. Multiple objects can be used if there are multiple application forms for one event, (e.g. one for students and one for mentors)

application_link

URL that points to wherever people should sign up. Revert to "" when applications have closed.

application_text

General info about applying. This could say one of 3 things:

1. Applications are not live yet
2. Applications are live (see below)
3. Applications have closed

application_text will need to be updated throughout the lifecycle of the event, so that the text actually tells people what's going on :)

** When live** application_text is made into a hyperlink, using the value at application_link.

venue

Name of the good people who are hosting us

sponsors

An array of sponsor objects. Sponsor object contains

• name name of the sponsor (might be the same as venue)
• link Url pointing to the sponsor's website
• logo An image of the sponsor's logo. Can be a local image on the repo or something grabbed from online.