/Scalesops_Task

Downloading and store images from google search results in Postgres database using Node.js (Interview task for ScalesOps company)

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Google Image Downloader

This project is a Node.js application that fetches images from Google search results based on a specified search query and stores them securely in a PostgreSQL database. The application is containerized using Docker and can be easily deployed using Docker Compose.

Prerequisites

  • Docker
  • Docker Compose

Setup

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory of the project and populate it with the following environment variables:

GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key
GOOGLE_CSE_ID=your_cse_id
PG_HOST=postgres
PG_PORT=5432
PG_DATABASE=your_database_name
PG_USER=your_postgres_username
PG_PASSWORD=your_postgres_password

  1. Build and start the Docker containers:

    docker-compose up --build

Usage

  1. Run the application:

    node index.js "cute kittens" 3

    This command will fetch, download, and store 3 images of "cute kittens" in the PostgreSQL database.

Running Tests

  1. Install development dependencies:

    npm install --save-dev jest axios-mock-adapter pg-mock

  2. Run the tests:

    npm test

    This will execute all the tests in the tests directory and output the results.