FOSSASIA
FOSSASIA Community Network: Add or update information on local Communities Sri Lanka through an API
1) Objective
Increase the FOSSASIA community network or update an existing community on http://fossasia.net
2) Requirements
Add a local project, community or any other Open Source community in Sri Lanka to the FOSSASIA network map on http://fossasia.github.io/#map
3) Expected outcome
- accepted pull requests
- new or updated community on map
- Tweet about the upload
Process:
- First fill your data using FOSSASIA API Generator http://api.fossasia.org/generator/ and create json file (press "OK - generate..." ). Save the file in your pc. Please ensure that the community does not exist yet in the directory or check that it needs an update.
- Then upload it to the github: You need to make a pull request to https://github.com/fossasia/fossasia-communities.
- After that copy the link to your web hosted “raw file” in the github fossasia-communities repository - the URL.
- Add the link (URL) of your “raw file” to the FOSSASIA API directory here: https://github.com/fossasia/directory.api.fossasia.net/blob/master/directory.json.
- Make sure to Tweet about your upload, the following tweet: I added a new community from "add name of country or city here" to the #FOSSASIA network @fossasia @hpdang Check out http://fossasia.net
4) Links
FOSSASIA.net Blog Post http://blog.fossasia.org/join-fossasia-community-network
Github Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/fossasia-communities
Github Api Directory Files: https://github.com/fossasia/directory.api.fossasia.net
Map: http://fossasia.net
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Nastya, Yathannsh