mckenziefiege / book_club_backend

Rails JSON API for Novel Finds application

Novel Finds Backend

Novel Finds is an app designed to keep track of what you're reading and to join book clubs in you're area.

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

Motivation

This app exists to give book lovers a place to keep track of what they've read or what they want to read. For those that want to join a book club to connect with other book lovers, users can create and join book clubs.

Features

• Create an account/ Login with a username and password if an exisiting user
• Search for books using the Google Books API, add a book from search which will appear in "Want to read" section
• Each user has a "Read", "Currently Reading", and "Want to read" sections
• For each of the user's book, users can click image for more information, leave a review, favorite, and change its category
• Can filter books from A-Z, Z-A or by favorited books
• Users can create a new book club or search for book clubs using their zip code
• Can join a bookclub or leave a bookclub if already a member
• On a bookclub's page, there is an information snippet including attendees, address, time, decription and name of the host. Bookclub pages also include a discussion forum where users can post comments about the bookclub.
• Users have the ability to search for reviews by entering the title of a book

Frontend

Application frontend and instruction for setup: Novel Finds Frontend

Screenshots

Steps to use application

bundle install

Install gems specified in Gemfile

rails db:migrate

rails db:seed

rails server

You can find application by accessing http://localhost:3000 in your browser