Google-Books-Search

Description

A MERN application that queries and displays books based on searches. Utilizing Node, Express, and MongoDB to store books saved to review or purchase later.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Built With
• Usage
• License

Installation

1. Copy the clone link of the repository from GitHub.
2. Open Bash or Terminal Window.
3. When the console opens, navigate to the directory the repository will be added to. Remember to use the command cd to change directories.
4. In the console, type the command git clone and paste the link to repository.
5. Open repository in preferred code editor.
6. Open terminal in code editor.
7. Type in terminal npm i or npm install to install dependency packages needed.

Built with

• MERN (Mongo, Express, React, Node)
• Javascript
• Axios
• Bootstrap
• Google Books API
• Mongoose
• Dotenv

Usage

1. To begin the application, open the terminal in the code editor.
2. In the terminal, type npm start. This will start the application and open it in a web browser.
3. Below is a screenshot of what the browser will look like:
4. Search for a book. This will populated a list of books.
5. Each book will give you an option to view more information or save the book.
6. When a book is selected to be saved. An alert will pop on the screen to notify that the book has been saved.
7. Use the navigation to see the Saved page to view list of books saved.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Amanda Rodriguez

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.