abhiek187 / giphy-gif-search

A search engine for GIF images from Giphy

Giphy Gif Search

This program showcases relevant GIFs from GIPHY based on the user's search term. If nothing is provided, the trending GIFs are posted instead. This app uses giphy-api to call the APIs.

Directions

Live Demo

Open https://glacial-garden-54215.onrender.com/.

Running Locally

1. Obtain an API key from GIPHY.
2. Create a .env file with the line GIPHY_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY>.
3. Install node dependencies: npm install.
4. Run the server: node app.js.
5. Open localhost:3000 in the browser to access the site.

Press Ctrl+C to stop the server when done.

Docker

1. Obtain an API key from GIPHY.
2. Create a .env file with the line GIPHY_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY>.
3. Build the docker image: docker build . -t <your username>/node-web-app.
4. Run the image: docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 -d <your username>/node-web-app.
5. Open localhost:8080 in the browser to access the site.

Run docker kill <container id> to shut down the image when done. The container ID can be found using docker ps.