The GraphQL Book Library is a web-based application that allows users to manage and explore a collection of books by various authors. It leverages GraphQL for efficient data retrieval and offers features for adding books, maintaining a reading list, and exploring authors and their works.
- GraphQL API for flexible and efficient data querying.
- Adding and managing books in a library.
- Maintaining a reading list of all books.
- Exploring authors and their books, including detailed author information.
- Client (React.js): The client-side of the application is built using React.js, a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
- Apollo Client: Apollo Client is used for managing GraphQL queries and state.
- Server (Node.js/Express): The server-side is powered by Node.js and Express.js, providing the GraphQL API and handling server-side logic.
- Database (MongoDB): MongoDB is used as the database to store book and user information securely.
- GraphQL: GraphQL is used to define and query the API efficiently.
- Clone the repository to your local machine.
- Navigate to the client directory.
- Install dependencies using npm install.
- Start the client application with npm start.
- Navigate to the server directory.
- Install dependencies using npm install.
- Set up your MongoDB database and change the url in the index.js file in the clinet to 'http://localhost:5000/graphql'.
- Start the server with npm start. You should see in the console, "Server is running," and it should be connected to the database.
- After setting up both the client and server, you can access the GraphQL Book Library through your web browser.
- Users can add books to reading list, and explore authors and their works.
- The GraphQL API allows flexible querying to retrieve specific data.
Contributions to this project are welcome. Please follow the guidelines in the respective README files in the client and server directories for contribution instructions.