This Is My Jam: AJAX Playback Links

Hi! For this project, let's use This is My Jam to find lots of links to music we like. :)

This repo already has...

  • A rails project
  • An api endpoint to search the TIMJ API by Artist.
  • Rspec setup with a couple of simple tests

You need to create

  • A view with a form that will use jQuery's AJAX functionality to GET from the API endpoint
  • One or many js functions to...
    • parse the returned JSON data
    • add dom nodes to the view representing the returned search results
    • include links to the resources referenced in the parsed data (YouTube, Spotify, etc.)
  • At no point should the view refresh or the user be taken to another URL.

Bonus Fun

  • Instead of adding links to the view, try using the data to create embedded players for the specific service (i.e., embed the YouTube video, instead of linking to it).
  • If a user's search returns no results, suggest/embed/link to something for them instead.