Source Code: https://github.com/veeraya/ellen-tickets-tracker
It’s here! It’s here! The one and only the Ellen DeGeneres Show ticket tracker.
I started this project a few days before final exam. I had been checking Ellen’s ticket page almost every other hour till I realized that it was time to make a script do it for me. The idea is simple - check that page every 10 minutes and send me an email when new tickets become available.
Throughout this winter break, I continue adding more features and it has evolved from a simple script (rake task, to be exact) to a nearly-done web app that other people can use. If I find my own app super useful, there probably are other people who will use it right?
Choose ticket dates to track:
Email notification isn’t ugly too!
Built with Ruby on Rails, Twitter Bootstrap and a lot of love for Ellen.
Notable gems:
- Nokogiri - scrape http://ellentv.com/tickets
- Gon - pass rails variable to javascript
- Devise - admin authentication
- twitter-bootstrap-rails