neo_graph_search

A POC at replicating Facebook Graph Search with Cypher and Neo4j

Pre-Requisites

• You will need to get a Facebook Consumer Key and Secret on https://developers.facebook.com/apps
• Select the "user_likes", "user_location", "friends_likes", "friends_location" permissions.
• Under "Select how your app integrates with Facebook" click "Website with Facebook Login" and fill in "http://localhost:5000/"
• You will need Neo4j in order for your database.
• You will need Redis in order to use Sidekiq for background jobs.

Installation

git clone git@github.com:maxdemarzi/neo_graph_search.git
bundle install (run gem install bundler if you don't have bundler installed)
sudo apt-get install redis-server or brew install redis or install redis manually
rake neo4j:install['enterprise','1.9.M04']
rake neo4j:start
rake neo4j:create
export SESSION_SECRET=<your session secret> (anything will do, or skip it)
export FACEBOOK_APP_ID=<your facebook app id>
export FACEBOOK_SECRET=<your facebook app secret>
export REDISTOGO_URL="redis://127.0.0.1:6379/"
foreman start

On Heroku

git clone git@github.com:maxdemarzi/neosocial.git
heroku apps:create neosocial
heroku config:add SESSION_SECRET=<your session secret>
heroku config:add FACEBOOK_APP_ID=<your facebook app id>
heroku config:add FACEBOOK_SECRET=<your facebook secret>
heroku addons:add neo4j
heroku addons:add redistogo
git push heroku master
heroku ps:scale worker=1
heroku run rake neo4j:create

See it running live at http://neographsearch.maxdemarzi.com/