Book Search

Use Google API to search for books.

Python Version: 3.10.9
Modules Used:

• import sys
• import requests
  (use "pip install requests" or "python -m pip install requests" in your terminal to install "requests" module)
• import pytest
  (use "pip install -U pytest" in your terminal to install "pytest" module) \

Test Used:

• import unittest (to run tests, enter in terminal: "python -m unittest tests.py")
• • Test included: Checks if it is True that the status code coming from the Google Books API is OK

To Run Repository

• At https://github.com/jenna215/BookSearch click green "<> Code" button

• "Download ZIP", then unzip and open file in terminal from bookSearch folder directory
  (Tip: Open File Explorer to desired folder and type "cmd" in the directory path bar to open the folder's code in your terminal)

• After "BookSearch>" enter "python main.py" to initiate program

Current suggested functional path:

• Starting from bookSearch>python main.py
• 1 (Look up a book)
• Enter your book title
  Options:
• y (add book to shelf)
• n (do not add to shelf and keep searching)
• 1 again to search for another book, 2 to view your list, or 3 to quit.\

bookData.txt includes a few books from a result of experimenting with the program. Feel free to view current list and add your own books.
Currently, books can be manually deleted in the bookData.txt file.

Successes:

Connected Google Books API, functional searching through Command Line Interface, and adding books to local .txt file.

Resources used:

• YouTube
• GitHub
• StackOverflow

Functions I would add with more time:

• Showing 5 Google Books search results and choosing which one to add to a book list.
• • I had found some things that could be potentially helpful, such as going through a [0:5] range with ['items'], and using &maxResults=5, but they didn't work out in my code, so I would need more time to make it work.
• Option to delete books from list using CLI.
• • Maybe I could use a pop() method.
• Study unittest more and run more tests.