Algozon

Algozon is an Appstore search application that uses the Algolia API to index and search apps.

Live demo

Content

This project contains :

• a backend built with Node.js that serves a REST API to add or remove apps from the Algolia apps index (it also serves the static assets).
• a frontend built with Inferno/Redux/Algolia JS Helper that displays an instant-search interface to search apps.

Requirements

This project needs Node.js (>= 7.x) and NPM to be installed in order to build and run the application.

grunt is also required to build the frontend application. Please make sure that you have the grunt-cli npm package installed globally. If not :

$ npm install -g grunt-cli

Please refer to the grunt documentation for other details.

Setup

Frontend

To build the frontend application (from the root folder of the project) :

$ grunt

Credentials to use the Algolia API (read-only access) can be found in the app/config.js file.

Produced assets will be put inside the public folder and served by the backend.

Backend

The backend rely on 3 environment variables in order to run :

• PORT (5000 by default)
• APP_ID (Algolia Application ID)
• API_KEY (Algolia Admin API Key)

Run

To run Algozon :

$ APP_ID=XXX API_KEY=YYY npm start

Code structure

The backend code can be found in the src folder and the frontend code in the app folder.

Some ideas

• button to automatically copy the current URL (current state search) to the clipboard
• ability to set a bookmark as a default search when arriving on the homepage (e.g I want to see games by default everytime I open Algozon)
• manage tabindex on facets
• (for mobile) move the facets in a sliding panel that the user can open if he wants to filter by category