# STEEMRCP - Steem Random Comment Picker

#### Repository

[https://github.com/steemrcp/steemrcp](https://github.com/steemrcp/steemrcp) 



#### New Project

##### What is the project  about?

Steemrcp is a tool used for random selection of comment(s) on a post published on the steem blockchain. 

We have witnessed giveaways and contests where a winner is to be selected from all those who commented on a post, most times it becomes difficult choosing a winner at random without an element of biasness. Steemrcp helps solves this problem.

This tool will provide the following features for user

- Benefactor (Contest Organizer) can select a comment at random from a post.

- Also benefactor can have the option to select more than one winner at a go.

- Benefactor can choose to upvote winner immediately from this tool without having to go back on steemit

- Benefactor can choose to send sbd or steem directly to winner from tis tool

   

#### Technology Stack

This project is been develop with ReactJs for the frontend and Laravel for the backend



#### Project so far

Using Reactjs for this project having a laravel backend meant making some changes  to the pre-packaged vuejs scaffolding  that comes with laravel.

A basic react scaffold was created using `php artisan preset react` getting rid of vuejs scaffold

Currently all sections of the interface have been divide into different react components. These react components help split the UI into independent, reusable pieces, having each piece in isolation.

Currently there are;

Feedback Component - Renders the resource gotten from the Laravel's RESTful API 

Nav Component - Renders the navbar section on the homepage

Picker Component - Renders the section that collects post URL.



```
import Feedback from './components/Feedback';
import Main from './components/Main';
import Nav from './components/Nav';
import Picker from './components/Picker';
```

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Code where the Picker React Component is created and exported.

```
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

/* Picker component */
class Picker extends Component {
    render() {
        return (

          <section class="picker-section">

                <h1 class="picker-h1 text-center">STEEMRCP</h1>

                <form class="form-group" action="" method="post">

                    <div class="col-md-2">

                    </div>

                    <div class="col-md-8">

                        <h3 class="picker-h3 text-center">Steem Random Comment Picker Steemrcp) randomly picks comment(s) from a post on the steem blockchain</h3>

                        <div class="input-group">
                          <span class="input-group-addon" id="basic-addon3">Enter Post URL</span>
                          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="basic-url" aria-describedby="basic-addon3">
                          <span class="input-group-btn">
                            <button class="btn btn-default" type="button">Go!</button>
                          </span>
                        </div>

                    </div>

                    <div class="col-md-2">

                    </div>

                </form>

          </section>

        );
    }
}

export default Picker;

```

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The picker component is rendered on the page by finding an html element with id=picker using the javaScript command `document.getElementById` and if the element exists, the element is render on the ReactDOM with is a virtual DOM.

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```
/* The if statement is required so as to Render the component on pages that have a div with an ID of "picker";
*/

if (document.getElementById('picker')) {
    ReactDOM.render(<Picker />, document.getElementById('picker'));
}

```

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![steemrcp.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRdMf86EQusj79pr4Dp9dgFHdQu9rhPkAerSEuNscW1g4/steemrcp.png)


#### Roadmap

- ~~Replace vuejs scaffold with reactjs~~
- ~~Splits UI into separate reusable react components~~
- Provide options for benefactor to choose the number of comments to be picked
- A feature to get rid of spam and multiple comments from one user while fetching comment of a post.
- A feature to select comments for specific time range
- A feature for benefactor to upvote or reply winner's comment 
- A feature for benefactor to send SBD or STEEM to winner using steemconnect



#### How to contribute

Contact steemrcp on the github repo or steemrcp@gmail.com

You can fork the repo

Make your changes

Make a pull request


#### Commits

https://github.com/steemrcp/steemrcp/commit/3ed8b1ad0e436d4c1350926a39d8beeb096674fb

https://github.com/steemrcp/steemrcp/commit/d502b1c51f61352f8ec7516bdc57c974beca26d6