Sample Property Search Server
This is a small server written in Ruby using Sinatra and hosted on Heroku.
It just serves up a static JSON file with some dummy properties to test the accompanying property-search-sample iPhone application.
Server
The server is deployed and available on Heroku.
http://rmit-property-search.heroku.com/search
The server takes an optional query parameter, which doesn't actually do a search, it just returns whatever you searched for as the suburb of each property.
http://rmit-property-search.heroku.com/search?q=hawthorn
Installation with RVM and Bundler
If you're using RVM, it should automatically pick up the Ruby version and create a new gemset when you enter the directory on the command line.
If bundler isn't installed:
gem install bundler
bundle
Installation without RVM and Bundler
Install Ruby and RubyGems if you haven't already. Navigate to the server project directory and:
gem install sinatra
Running the server
To run the server locally, just run rackup in the project directory, which should make the server available on http://localhost:9292/search