MyReads Project

This is a bookshelf web application which allows you to search for books from a database, and then select and categorize books you have read, are currently reading, or want to read.

Setup

In the project directory, you can run:

npm install

Downloads all dependencies.

npm start

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in your browser.

The page will reload when you make changes.

Backend Server

A backend server is provided which serves as the database. The provided file BooksAPI.js contains the methods to perform necessary operations on the backend:

• getAll
• update
• search

getAll

Method Signature:

getAll();

• Returns a Promise which resolves to a JSON object containing a collection of book objects.
• This collection represents the books currently in the bookshelves in your app.

update

Method Signature:

update(book, shelf);

• book: <Object> containing at minimum an id attribute
• shelf: <String> contains one of ["wantToRead", "currentlyReading", "read"]
• Returns a Promise which resolves to a JSON object containing the response data of the POST request

search

Method Signature:

search(query);

• query: <String>
• Returns a Promise which resolves to a JSON object containing a collection of a maximum of 20 book objects.
• These books do not know which shelf they are on. They are raw results only. You'll need to make sure that books have the correct state while on the search page.