Aperonight - Event Booking Platform

🌃 Overview

Aperonight is a two-sided marketplace connecting event-goers with nightlife promoters in Paris. The platform allows:

• Customers to discover/book tickets for upcoming events
• Promoters to create/manage events and validate tickets at venue entrances

🎯 Key Features

For Event-Goers

✔ Browse upcoming events with filters (date, location, music genre) ✔ Book tickets with multiple bundle options (VIP, group passes, etc.) ✔ Secure payment processing (credit cards, Apple/Google Pay) ✔ Mobile-friendly e-tickets with QR codes

For Promoters

✔ Event creation dashboard with ticket type customization ✔ Real-time ticket validation via mobile scanning ✔ Sales analytics and attendee tracking ✔ Automatic aggregation of events from partner platforms

🛠 Technical Stack

Backend

• Ruby on Rails 7 (API mode)
• MariaDB database

• ActiveJob for background processing

Frontend

• Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus) for reactive UI
• Tailwind CSS for styling
• React Native for promoter mobile app (ticket scanning)

Key Integrations

• Stripe Connect for payments & promoter payouts
• Shogun/Bizouk/Weezevent APIs for event aggregation

📊 Database Schema (Simplified)

erDiagram
    USER ||--o{ BOOKING : makes
    USER {
        integer id
        string email
        string encrypted_password
    }
    PROMOTER ||--o{ EVENT : creates
    PROMOTER {
        integer id
        string stripe_account_id
    }
    EVENT ||--o{ TICKET_TYPE : has
    EVENT {
        integer id
        datetime start_time
    }
    BOOKING ||--o{ TICKET : generates
    BOOKING {
        integer id
        decimal total_price
    }
    TICKET_TYPE ||--o{ TICKET : defines
    TICKET_TYPE {
        integer id
        string name
    }
    TICKET {
        integer id
        string qr_code
    }