Udacity React My Reads Project

This is the first project for the Udacity React Nanodegree program. The application is a library that allows you to search with the Udacity API, set books to certain shelves within your library, and view basic book information.

You can view this site live here: http://library.joshuamharris.com/

Installation

npm install within the project directory to install dependencies. npm start within the project directory to start the app on localhost.

What You're Getting

+--public/    
 |-- index.html - DO NOT MODIFY
 |-- favicon.ico - React Icon, You may change if you wish.
+-- src/
 +-- icons/ - Helpful images for your app. Use at your discretion.
  |-- add.svg
  |-- arrow-back.svg
  |-- arrow-drop-down.svg
 |-- App.js - This is the root of your app. Contains static HTML right now.
 |-- App.css - Styles for your app. Feel free to customize this as you desire.
 |-- App.test.js - Used for testing. Provided with Create React App.
 Testing is encouraged, but not required.
 |-- BooksAPI.js - A JavaScript API for the provided Udacity backend.
 Instructions for the methods are below.
 |-- index.js - You should not need to modify this file. It is used for DOM rendering only.
 |-- index.css - Global styles. You probably won't need to change anything here.
|-- .gitignore
|-- CONTRIBUTING.MD - Information about contributing to this repo.
TL;DR - Fork and clone your own version of this to use it.
|-- README.MD - This README file.
|-- SEARCH_TERMS.md - The whitelisted short collection of available search terms
for you to use with your app.
|-- package.json - npm package manager file. It's unlikely that you'll need to modify this.

Remember that good React design practice is to create new JS files for each component and use import/require statements to include them where they are needed.

API

`getAll()`

Returns a Promise which resolves to a JSON object containing a collection of book objects.
This collection represents the books currently in the bookshelves in your app.

`update(book, shelf)`

book: <Object> containing at minimum an id attribute
shelf: <String> contains one of ["wantToRead", "currentlyReading", "read"]
Returns a Promise which resolves to a JSON object containing the response data of the POST request

`search(query, maxResults)`

query: <String>
maxResults: <Integer> Due to the nature of the backend server, search results are capped at 20, even if this is set higher.
Returns a Promise which resolves to a JSON object containing a collection of book objects.
These books do not know which shelf they are on. They are raw results only. You'll need to make sure that books have the correct state while on the search page.

Important

The backend API uses a fixed set of cached search results and is limited to a particular set of search terms, which can be found in SEARCH_TERMS.md. That list of terms are the only terms that will work with the backend, so don't be surprised if your searches for Basket Weaving or Bubble Wrap don't come back with any results.

create-react-app

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App. You can find more information on how to perform common tasks here.

Contributing

This repository is the starter code for all Udacity students. Therefore, we most likely will not accept pull requests.

For details, check out CONTRIBUTING.md.

JoshHarris85/React-Bookshelf