/book-search-engine

Refactored a Google Books API search engine to be a GraphQL API built with Apollo Server.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

MERN Challenge: Book Search Engine

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Description

Refactored a Google Books API search engine to be a GraphQL API built with Apollo Server. The application will be built using the MERN stack and deployed to Heroku.

Installation

Requirments

React | Node.js

Once Installed:

  1. Clone the Repository on to your machine.
  2. Open the terminal and ensure you are in the right file path.
  3. Run the command npm install to download the packages.
  4. Then run the command npm start to run the software.
  5. The application will then begin to run locally.

User Story

AS AN avid reader
I WANT to search for new books to read
SO THAT I can keep a list of books to purchase

Acceptance Criteria

GIVEN a book search engine
WHEN I load the search engine
THEN I am presented with a menu with the options Search for Books and Login/Signup and an input field to search for books and a submit button
WHEN I click on the Search for Books menu option
THEN I am presented with an input field to search for books and a submit button
WHEN I am not logged in and enter a search term in the input field and click the submit button
THEN I am presented with several search results, each featuring a book’s title, author, description, image, and a link to that book on the Google Books site
WHEN I click on the Login/Signup menu option
THEN a modal appears on the screen with a toggle between the option to log in or sign up
WHEN the toggle is set to Signup
THEN I am presented with three inputs for a username, an email address, and a password, and a signup button
WHEN the toggle is set to Login
THEN I am presented with two inputs for an email address and a password and login button
WHEN I enter a valid email address and create a password and click on the signup button
THEN my user account is created and I am logged in to the site
WHEN I enter my account’s email address and password and click on the login button
THEN I the modal closes and I am logged in to the site
WHEN I am logged in to the site
THEN the menu options change to Search for Books, an option to see my saved books, and Logout
WHEN I am logged in and enter a search term in the input field and click the submit button
THEN I am presented with several search results, each featuring a book’s title, author, description, image, and a link to that book on the Google Books site and a button to save a book to my account
WHEN I click on the Save button on a book
THEN that book’s information is saved to my account
WHEN I click on the option to see my saved books
THEN I am presented with all of the books I have saved to my account, each featuring the book’s title, author, description, image, and a link to that book on the Google Books site and a button to remove a book from my account
WHEN I click on the Remove button on a book
THEN that book is deleted from my saved books list
WHEN I click on the Logout button
THEN I am logged out of the site and presented with a menu with the options Search for Books and Login/Signup and an input field to search for books and a submit button

Screenshot

Homepage

Link

A link to the code:

https://github.com/jgarcia45/book-search-engine

A link to the Deployed Application:

https://friendly-bunnyhug-65826.herokuapp.com/

License

Copyright (c) Juan Garcia. All rights reserved.

Licensed under the MIT license.