Run this with iojs to fetch the next 3 upcoming SDJS meetups

sdjs-meetup-api.js

"use strict"

/**
* Meetup API Events Request
* Requests the next 3 SDJS upcoming events and returns an array of event objects
* @see http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/
*
* Go here to get your API_KEY
* @see https://secure.meetup.com/meetup_api/key/
*/

const API_KEY = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
const GROUP = 'sandiegojs'
const STATUS = 'upcoming'
const RESPONSE_LIMIT = 3

let events_api_uri = `https://api.meetup.com/2/events/?key=${API_KEY}&group_urlname=${GROUP}&status=${STATUS}&page=${RESPONSE_LIMIT}`
let https = require('https')
let _ = require('lodash')

function parseJson (json) {
  let events = _.map(json.results, function cb (event) {
    return {
      name: event.name,
      url: event.event_url,
      time: event.time,
      desc: event.description
    }
  })

  console.log(events)
}

https.get(events_api_uri, function (res) {
  let body = ''
  res.on('data', function (d) {
    body += d
  })
  res.on('end', function () {
    parseJson(JSON.parse(body))
  })
}).on('error', function (e) {
  console.log("Got error: " + e.message)
})