This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.
Coding exercise to create a reusable autocomplete component using JavaScript. This component will consume
a remote web service (API to JSON) that provides a list of Places. Each Place is comprised of an ID, name, description,
tags, and a description match field which gives information about the substring in the description that
matches the provided query. Upon selecting a suggestion, the state of the component should be updated to
reflect the selected location.
Furthermore... the location data is stored in state, followed by running it through Mapbox Geocoder which
provides a latitude and longitude in its returned JSON (via secondary API). This is stripped out and added to the MapBox
component, re-renders the map, and displays the searched for location.
- User enters in text field a location and triggers and onChange function which enters the Users Input into an API fetch.
- The returned data is turned into a JSON and then stripped of unneeded information and amended onto a ul as an li.
- The 5 returned list items are then displayed in a drop-down box below the text field.
- Upon selection (either by clicking with a mouse, or by selecting with keyboard) the state is saved and sent to the MapBox upon Submission.
- Submitted location is then passed via props and sent through another API library for Geocoding and - much like before - turned into a JSON, stripped for latitude and longitude, and passed onto a mapping API.
- The mapping API takes the coordinates and processes them, returning a new map and location on
componentDidUpdate. Rendering in a map, and displaying coordinates for the user.
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Clone repository
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Open terminal
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Run npm install
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Include an API Key from MapBox (included temporarily in this project - will be removed)
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npm run start
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Open a browser: http://localhost:3000/
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Enjoy!
React.js, CSS3, HTML5, Javascript, Postman, MapBox, and a provided coding challenge API Location Library
-MapBox- Maps and location for developers. Precise location data and powerful developer tools to change the way we navigate the world. In this project it is used for both the display of the map via API call, AND provides Geo Mapping of the locations provided - which provides latitude and longitude coordinates.
- When typing too fast, the API libraries cannot keep up and errors are thrown.
- If deleting what was typed and there isn't anything in the text box an error is thrown (amended temporarily with the Reset Button). (Fix: Display pop-up error)
- Some entered letters and returns search recommendations do not have a map return and are found to throw an error. (Fix: Update API call to capitalize the entire requested data. Example: "egypt" would return an error, but "Egypt" wouldn't)
- Smoother API Calls
- Alternative Map Source
- Mobile Friendly
- Dark Mode
- Larger Map
Beta v1.0
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