“The New York Times” article search application

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Task Details

The task is about implementing an article search application using The New York Times (NYT) public API.

It should have:

A main screen, where a user can search for articles, and view search results.
A detailed article view screen.

API Introduction

First you will need to create a developer account here https://developer.nytimes.com/

Once you've created an account, Register a new App and generate an api-key with access to the Article Search API (https://developer.nytimes.com/docs/articlesearch-product/1/overview)

User flow

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Required Features

Return a list of NYT articles based on a given search term. A Result item should contain a title.
Pagination: Ability to navigate between the result pages with the possibility to access the same result page by URL.
Detailed View Screen: Ability to access each article via a different URL.

Required Technologies

React
React-router
Application State Management (for example Redux, React Context)

Optionals

Request only article document_type.
Minimize the API response (keep the required fields only).

Submission

Please send us your solution in a .zip format.

Evaluation Criteria

The following aspects will be considered please take them into account, before you start coding:

General software engineering principles
Architecture
Coding standards (linter)
Performance
Testability & testing
Documentation
UI / UX

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