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A user can save the book details to their profile, or remove them by a click of a button. This application is created using a MERN stack, which means I use a MongoDB database, Express.js to communicate with the browser, React to create the front-end, and Node to create the backend. The search data comes from a Google REST API, but the gathered data uses GraphQL API endpoints to communicate with the MongoDB database. User-authorization is handled by JSON Web Tokens and saved to the browser through local storage. \n\n   This app makes use of a few node modules to make the development easier, including: Express, Mongoose, Apollo-Server-Express, Bcrypt, jsonwebtoken and graphql. This app makes use of:\n  * Node.js and Express.js to create a single RESTful API for google books api\n  * Apollo-Server-Express and GraphQL to make GraphQL API endpoints\n  * Queries and Mutations to interact with the database from front-end\n  * typeDefs and Resolvers to recieve data from front-end on the back-end and communicate with the database\n  * MongoDB (noSQL) and Mongoose OMT for the database\n  * JWT for authorization of logged in users\n  * Bcrypt for encrypting password information\n\n  ## Table of Contents\n  * [Installation](#installation)\n  * [Usage](#usage)\n  * [License](#license)\n  * [Contributing](#contributing)\n  * [Questions](#questions)\n  \n  ## Installation\n  To install Node.js, follow the documentation [Node.js](https://coding-boot-camp.github.io/full-stack/nodejs/how-to-install-nodejs)\n\n  To install MongoDB, follow the documentation [MongoDB](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/installation/)\n\n  To install necessary dependencies, run the following command: \n  ```\n  npm run install\n  ```\n  \n  ## Usage\n  Access the webpage by going to the deployed site: [Book-Search-Engine](https://bloodcurdling-beast-94043.herokuapp.com/). \n  Test account: email: test@test.com password: !t3stmyPw0rd\n\n  If you want to run this on a local server, set the path to the Book-Search-Engine folder in the terminal. Run the entire app by typing `npm run develop`. Go to http://localhost:3000 to accesss the app and http://localhost:3001/graphql to acess the GraphQL endpoint.\n  ![SearchBooks](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83731627/139782593-c3dd8b03-1d87-4f15-ad91-850f7245646c.png)\n![viewsavedbooks](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83731627/139782601-4e40080d-b99d-4863-8c3d-7fb0072b0b52.png)\n![logingooglebooks](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83731627/139782605-928dcf57-760b-4e0d-8450-97f893760586.png)\n\n\n  ## License  \n  This project is licensed under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).\n\n  ## Contributing\n   I am the sole author of this repo (with help from UoR activities) and I am not currently looking for contributors.\n\n  ## Questions\n  If you have any questions about the repo, open an issue or contact me directly at Gaitherdb@gmail.com. You can find more of my work at [Gaitherdb](https://github.com/Gaitherdb).\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgaitherdb%2Fbook-search-engine","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fgaitherdb%2Fbook-search-engine","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgaitherdb%2Fbook-search-engine/lists"}