CATLAS is a single-page app that allows users to search for cat images by breed using The Cat API. The project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

The app is deployed on GitHub pages and can be accessed here: https://liezlsantos.github.io/catlas/.

• Node.js ^20

Copy .env.example to .env. Update the file accordingly:

Option 1: Connect the app directly to The CAT API

REACT_APP_CAT_API_BASE_URL="https://api.thecatapi.com/v1"
REACT_APP_CAT_API_KEY={valid API KEY}

On dev mode, you can provide a valid API key retrieved from The Cat API to connect directly to https://api.thecatapi.com/v1. However, this will expose your API key to the client so must only be done on development mode. If you don't provide a valid key, the app will still work but can only display up to 10 images at random.

Option 2: Run the proxy service

Otherwise, you can run the proxy service at CATLAS API. By default the proxy runs on http://localhost:3001 so no changes for .env file is required.

1. Run npm install to install dependencies.
2. Run npm start. This will run the app in the development mode. Open http://localhost:3000 to view it on the browser.

Format files using prettier.

Run tests.

Builds the app for production to the build folder.

App is deployed on GitHub pages using GitHub Actions. Pushing to main branch will automatically trigger a deployment.