Goodreads-Book-Search
This application uses goodreads api to look for books by title, author or isbn code.
This project was bootstrapped with create-react-app and deployed live at https://goodreads-react.herokuapp.com/
Running the application locally
Prerequisites: You need to have Node + NPM installed.
Required Environment Variables:
REACT_APP_API_KEY : Goodreads API Key you can get from here.
Save it in the .env file as described here
Having done that, here is how to run the application locally in development mode.
Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/niinpatel/goodreads-react.git
Install dependencies:
npm install
Starting the application in development mode:
npm start
Building the application:
To build the production assets, run
npm run build
Testing the App:
Right now there is only one test suite. (renders without crashing)
npm test
Features In Current Version:
- Search for books by title, author, or ISBN.
- Displays upto 20 search results in bootstrap cards.
- Displays only title, author, and link to goodreads page.
- See the description and rating, and other details by clicking on individual result.
Future Implementation:
Some of the things that I want to implement in the future version are:
- Ability to see others' reviews.
- Ability to sign in with github so users can add their own reviews and ratings.