MyReads Project

MyReads Project allows you to manage a book list, indicating books that you want to read, or have already read. Each component of the book reader runs in its own React component. The reader is connected to a books database at Udacity, search is limited to the books shown on the search page. See info below under Backend Server.

The project is part of the Udacity React nano degree curriculum.

Installing and running the project

• install all project dependencies with npm install
• start the development server with npm start

Backend Server

To simplify your development process, we've provided a backend server for you to develop against. The provided file BooksAPI.js contains the methods you will need 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, maxResults)

• query: <String>
• maxResults: <Integer> Due to the nature of the backend server, search results are capped at 20, even if this is set higher.
• Returns a Promise which resolves to a JSON object containing a collection of 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.

Important

The backend API uses a fixed set of cached search results and is limited to a particular set of search terms, which can be found in SEARCH_TERMS.md. That list of terms are the only terms that will work with the backend, so don't be surprised if your searches for Basket Weaving or Bubble Wrap don't come back with any results.

Create React App

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App. You can find more information on how to perform common tasks here.

Contributing

This repository is the starter code for all Udacity students. Therefore, we most likely will not accept pull requests.

For details, check out CONTRIBUTING.md.