fix events and url interpolation
Merge branch 'feature/refactoring' of https://github.com/local-projects/change-by-us-3 into feature/refactoring

# By Lucas Vickers
# Via Lucas Vickers
* 'feature/refactoring' of https://github.com/local-projects/change-by-us-3:
  fixed a lot of tests, some helpers, better error handling when creating a user
  merged config files and moved to docstrings, checking in pre-merge
  further merging of feature/sundar
  factoring in feature/sundar
Merge branch 'feature/refactoring' of github.com:local-projects/change-by-us-3 into testing