gchar031 / book-finder

Using the Google Books API I can retrieve information about a book that the user searches for. This information includes the author, title, year the book was published, the plot of the book, and external links provided to retrieve more information about the book. In addition I also plan to use another API that generates random anime quotes at the bottom of the page.

Book Finder

Deployed Project

Description

Using the Google Books API I can retrieve information about a book that the user searches for. This information includes the author, title, year the book was published, the plot of the book, and external links provided to retrieve more information about the book. In addition I also plan to use another API that generates random anime quotes at the bottom of the page.

API and Data Sample

This section will includes snippet from my API request for Google Books and Animechan.

• Google Books API Docs
• Animechan API Docs

Google Endpoint & Parameters https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=intitle:harry&key=AIzaSyApQSdy4EmsF3dMV0XrbvCJ6HQAc1yqhlw

{
    "kind": "books#volumes",
    "totalItems": 493,
    "items": [
        {
            "kind": "books#volume",
            "id": "4wQgevKtp7cC",
            "etag": "evFV/qzjPrs",
            "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes/4wQgevKtp7cC",
            "volumeInfo": {
                "title": "Horrible Hands Harry",
                "authors": [
                    "Betty Cernech"
                ],
                "publisher": "AuthorHouse",
                "publishedDate": "2011-11",
                "industryIdentifiers": [
                    {
                        "type": "ISBN_13",
                        "identifier": "9781467061391"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "ISBN_10",
                        "identifier": "1467061395"
                    }
                ],
                "readingModes": {
                    "text": false,
                    "image": true
                },

Animechan Endpoint & Parameters https://animechan.vercel.app/api/random

{
    "anime": "Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita",
    "character": "Watashi",
    "quote": "I always thought of humans as intelligent dominoes, since they tend to follow each other."
}

Wireframes

Wireframe

MVP/PostMVP

MVP

• Allow the user to search books by title.
• Generate picture of book along with external link to see a preview of the book on Google Books.
• Have the plot, year, publisher and edition display via modal when the user selects a book.
• Generate random anime quotes in the webpage at the footer.

PostMVP

• Have prices included with a link to the Google Book Store to purchase books.
• Search by author and ISBN number.
• Allow user to read the preview of the book in the site through Google.
• Allow user to login into their Google Account to view thier bookshelves.

Project Schedule

Day	Deliverable	Status
May 14-16	Prompt / Wireframes / Priority Matrix / Timeframes	Complete
May 17	Project Approval / Core Application Structure (HTML, CSS, etc.)	Complete
May 18	Actual Code & Functonality Features (MVP)	Complete
May 19	MVP Functionality & CSS Design	Complete
May 20	CSS Design & Debugging	Complete
May 21	Presentations	Complete

Priority Matrix

Timeframes

Component	Priority	Estimated Time	Time Invested	Actual Time
Adding Form	H	2hrs	1hr	1hr
API Call	H	1hr	2.5hrs	2.5hrs
Search Functionality	H	3hrs	2hrs	2hrs
Data Iteration	H	3hrs	2hrs	2hrs
Event Listeners	H	2hrs	2hrs	2hrs
Accessing API Data	H	3hrs	1hr	1hr
Working with Anime Quote API	L	2hrs	1hr	1hr
Structuring API Information into Webpage	H	3hrs	2hrs	2hrs
Debugging & Error Handling	H	3hrs	2.5hrs	2.5hrs
CSS Image Design	L	3hrs	2hrs	2hrs
CSS Webpage Header Design	L	3hrs	1hr	1hr
CSS Modal Design	H	3hrs	3hrs	3hrs
CSS Webpage Data Design	H	3hrs	2hrs	2hrs
CSS Webpage Footer Design	L	3hrs	1hr	1hr
Total	H	39hrs	32hrs	32hrs

Code Snippet

if (book.volumeInfo.industryIdentifiers != undefined) {
      if (book.volumeInfo.industryIdentifiers[1] == undefined) {
        isbn = book.volumeInfo.industryIdentifiers[0].identifier
        isbn13 = 'N/A'
      }
      else if (book.volumeInfo.industryIdentifiers[0].identifier != undefined && book.volumeInfo.industryIdentifiers[1].identifier != undefined) {
        isbn = book.volumeInfo.industryIdentifiers[0].identifier
        isbn13 = book.volumeInfo.industryIdentifiers[1].identifier
      }
    }else {
      isbn = "N/A";
      isbn13 = "N/A";
    }

Change Log

• Reset was no longer added because with every new search the old results were cleared from the webpage through code.
• Navigation bar with links to book results and information was no longer added and instead modals were user to show more information about each book.
• For POST-MVP Google Preivew could not be used due to an constructor error.
• Implemented two Post MVP items to project: expand search options to ISBN and author and prices linked to Google's Book Store.
• Added more description for each book: ISBN, ISBN-13, page number, and published date.
• Increased maximum results to 40 from the default of 10 results.
• Apperanced of webpage changed to display the more important information that do not take much space and hide the rest of the information of a book in its' modal.