A working version of this application can be found at mybookshelfapp.com
This project is a Bookshelf app built with with Go and MongoDB (Backend), as well as HTML5/CSS3 (Frontend). This app lets users build personalized lists of books using the Google Books API, and store these lists of books on a MongoDB server. Features include:
- Near exclusive use of the Go Standard Library. No third party frameworks.
- Full CRUD features for Book entries.
- Session tracking and authentication with Unique Universal Identifiers (UUIDs) written to browser Cookies.
- Hash encryption of user passwords
- Responsive frontend design for all browser sizes
To use this code you will require a Google Developer Console API Key. Sign-up is free and no credit card is required to access free-tier usage.
To compile this code you must be running Go version 1.11+. In terminal type the following commands:
git clone https://github.com/pgmorgan/goSite.git
cd goSite
touch dev.env
vim dev.env
Insert the following lines in dev.env, resplacing all <content> with your own information:
PORT=<port number>
MONGODB_URL=<mongodb connection string>
GOOGLE_DEV_API_KEY=<api key>
To run the web server return to the root of the repository and type:
go run main.go
or alternatively
go build -o goSite
./goSite