Books Search React App

Description:

A React-based Google Books Search App, demonstrating full MERN-stack capabilities. Users can add new books to their collection using Google's Book Search API, then can view their collection and mark books as read or remove them entirely.

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Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• License
• Contributing
• Questions

Installation

1. Fork the repo.

2. Clone the repo to your local machine.

3. On your local repo, run npm install in the root folder to install npm packages from both package.json files.

4. Create a MongoDB database called reactgooglebookssearch, and make sure mongod.exe is running whenever you want to test the app locally.

5. Create a file titled .env in the root folder. Inside it, you will include your Google Books API key. (Sign up for a key here.) Format for .env file:

   BOOKS_API_KEY={your-secret-here}
   

6. Run npm start to start your node server, and visit localhost:3000 to interact with Google Books Search.

Usage

Use the search page to find and add books to your saved collection. On the saved page, click on each book to learn more, mark them as read, or remove them from your collection entirely.

License

MIT

Contribution Guidelines

Reach out if you'd like to collaborate. Raising an issue, or Pull Requests are welcome!

Questions

Please address questions to GAFelton. (E-mail)