README.md

Cardician

Cardician makes it quick and easy to keep track of professional connections. Add names and profile links to a Google sheet from the comfort of your command line. Just provide a LinkedIn URL and let Cardician do the rest.

Cardician was born out of laziness; Specifically, I got tired of copy-pasting information about connections into my spreadsheet while searching for a new job.

Table of Contents

• Cardician
  • Table of Contents
  • Dependencies
  • Installation
  • To Use
  • Resources

Dependencies

1. Ruby (w/ Google Drive, LinkedIn, Dotenv, & Colorize Gems)

Installation

1. Clone the repository.
2. Run bundle install in the root directory to install the necessary gems.
3. Create a .env file with the following API keys:

• LINKEDIN_ID - Provided upon registering a Linkedin app
• LINKEDIN_SECRET - Same as above
• GSHEET_ID - Visible in the Google sheet URL

4. Set up a bash alias to invoke Cardian from any directory:

alias cardician=ruby\ /Users/scallaway/Desktop/Cardician/cardician.rb

To Use

To add a connection, pass their Linkedin URL as a command line argument to the main Ruby file. Like so:

$ ruby /Cardician/lib/cardician.rb https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherwoodcallaway

On first use, Cardician prompts the user to authenticate with Linkedin and Google. It conveniently saves these credentials for later.

Resources

• Google Sheets API Ruby Quickstart
• Google Drive Gem
• LinkedIn Gem
• LinkedIn API