Books lookup tool

This tool allows you to search for books and compare their prices.

It is written in Java, and utilises Spring Boot framework. Thymeleaf is used for the html templates. Frontend is written in jQuery and Bootstrap.

The application is written so the service providers can easily be added or removed. Currently Google Books is used as a Book Library. Ebay and Google Books are used as book stores. Fixer service is used to resolve currency exchange rates.

Demo version of this tool is hosted at http://bookslookup.eu. It is using free API keys, which are heavily limited in number of requests, so service outage is nothing unexpected.

Example book prices comparisons:

• Book of African-American Quotations - http://bookslookup.eu/search/Book%20of%20African-American%20Quotations/book/0486112446,9780486112442
• Tribes on the Hill - http://bookslookup.eu/search/Tribes%20on%20the%20Hill/book/0897890728,9780897890724

Software requirements:

• Java 8
• Git - to clone the repository
• Following steps assume that Linux is used.

How to configure:

• Files src/main/resources/application.properties and src/main/resources/application-prod.properties contain the configuration. application.properties is used when application is not started in production mode. When the application is started in production mode application-prod.properties is used. This file has 3 lines that have to be filled in:

  server.port = 8080 # the port application will run on
  keys.googleApi = # put here your key to Google API service
  keys.ebaySecurityAppName = # put here your Ebay security application name
  keys.fixerApi = # but here your Fixer API key
  logging.level.com.ubap.bookslookup = DEBUG
  

How to build:

1. Clone this repository git clone https://github.com/ubap/books-lookup
2. cd bookslookup/
3. ./gradlew build
4. The jar will be created under build/libs directory.

How to run:

• Directly from gradle ./gradlew bootRun
• Or execute the jar java -jar build/libs/bookslookup-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
• To run in production mode (on port 80), append -Dspring.profiles.active=prod to the command:

./gradlew bootRun -Dspring.profiles.active=prod
# or
java -Dspring.profiles.active=prod -jar build/libs/bookslookup-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar