Takeout Roulette
Can't decide what to eat? Spin for a local, independent takeout spot in Hamilton, Dundas, Stoney Creek, Binbrook, Ancaster or Waterdown. Every listed place is rated 4.0+ on Google, or is a brand-new spot.
What's where
public/index.html is the whole app: Spin, My lists, Explore and Map. Each visitor's lists, visits and ratings are saved in their own browser.public/places.json lists the restaurants. Edit this file to add or remove a place.public/admin.html (served at /admin) is the owner page. It's password protected and has two tabs: Email sign-ups and Reviews (ratings, comments, stats and a CSV download).api/signup.js saves an email from the Spin pop-up.api/signups.js returns the sign-ups, but only with the admin password.api/review.js saves a diner's rating and optional comment, and api/reviews.js returns all of them, without ids, for the restaurant cards. Reviews live in their own Redis hash (reviews), separate from the email sign-ups (signups). Each browser gets a random anonymous id, and only its latest rating per restaurant counts.
Deploy on Vercel (one time)
- Go to vercel.com/new, import this GitHub repo and press Deploy. No build settings are needed.
- In the project, open Storage, then Create / Connect Database, then Upstash for Redis (the free plan is fine), and connect it to the project. This adds
KV_REST_API_URL and KV_REST_API_TOKEN to the project.
- In Settings, then Environment Variables, add
ADMIN_PASSWORD with a long password that only the owner knows.
- Open Deployments, then Redeploy, so the new settings take effect.
Every push to main goes live automatically after that.
