tuxitop / image-search-api

A simple image search api web app powered with mongodb and expressjs for freecodecamp.com courses

image-search-api

A simple image search api web app powered with expressjs and mongodb for freecodecamp.com backend developement courses.

View the app

you can view the app on https://protected-shore-90458.herokuapp.com/

Purpose

• You can pass a search term after "/api/imagesearch/" and you will recieve a list of images in the response. the response will be in JSON format and will contain 10 images.
• You can pass an offset query with a numerical value, and you will recieve the results starting from that position.
• You can view a history of the latest searches by visiting "/api/latest/imagesearch/"

Example usage

https://protected-shore-90458.herokuapp.com/api/imagesearch/lolcats

https://protected-shore-90458.herokuapp.com/api/imagesearch/lolcats?offset=10

https://protected-shore-90458.herokuapp.com/api/latest/imagesearch

Installation

Install and configure mongodb

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/tuxitop/image-search-api.git

cd image-search-api

Install the dependecies

npm install

Run the app

npm start

you can view it by visiting http://localhost:3000 with a browser.