Image Search Abstraction Layer

This API microservice conducts an image search of the https://imgur.com/* domain using Google Custom Search. Users can enter a search term and an offset value (ie offset=10 will fetch results 11-20), and the API will respond with a list of image URLs and alt texts. The last 10 queries are recorded on a log file and can be returned. The API is CORS enabled for GET requests from all origins.

Project criteria: https://www.freecodecamp.org/challenges/image-search-abstraction-layer

API Usage

• GET /api/imagesearch?search=[cats]&offset=[10] - query imgur with search term cats and offset of 10
• GET /api/latest/imagesearch- return last 10 queries

Tech

• Node 6.11.2
• Express 4.16
• Google Custom Search https://support.google.com/customsearch/answer/4513751?hl=en&ref_topic=4513742
• Test suite: Mocha / Chai
• Utilities: Helmet, Cors, Dotenv, Request-Promise, Winston
• Deployed on Heroku

Comments

• UI Tested on Chrome, Opera, Edge
• Security Grade B: https://observatory.mozilla.org/analyze.html?host=arwl-image-search.herokuapp.com

Todos

• add GET request tests
• default to HTTPS since this is enabled on Heroku