- Use branches to work on different features of the application at different times. Make sure to check out from the
master
branch (git pull master
beforegit checkout -b my-new-branch
) - Push changes from your branch and make pull requests when your feature is complete. Be sure to tag someone in your pull request so they can review and merge.
Use the NYTimes Best Sellers Books API to load a list of best-selling books in a collection view.
The User Interface should be created 100% programmatically (no storyboards or xibs).
Requirements:
- The user should be able to select different categories to view the best-selling books in that category.
- Selecting a book should segue to a Detail View Controller where the user can see more information about the book and favorite the book.
- Favoriting a book should save it to documents directory.
- The user should be able to view all the books that they have favorited.
- The user should be able to delete a favorited book.
- The user should be able to use a Settings page to set the default category that will be loaded in the list of recent best-sellers.
- Books added to favorites are sorted by most recently added date.
Your app should have three (3) tabs
- Best Sellers
- Favorites
- Settings
This view should have a:
CollectionView
PickerView
The picker view should list all the available categories (Endpoint 1). Selecting a row in the picker view should load the appropriate images in the collection view. If the user has set a default category in the Settings tab, the picker view should spin there.
The collection view cell should include:
- The image of the books cover
- The number of weeks the book has been on the best seller list
- Its description
Selecting a cell should segue to a Detail View Controller with more information including:
- The cover
- A description
- Any other relevant information you want to add as well.
This view should have a:
- Collection View
The collection view should display all of the books that the user has favorited. Favorites should be saved to the documents directory.
This view should have a:
- Picker View
The user should use this picker view to set the default category for loading books. If the default is already set, this picker view should spin to that category. The default category should be saved using UserDefaults
and should persist between launches.
- Add a "See on Amazon" Alert Action.
- Add the Amazon launch button in the Books Detail View Controller to view on Amazon.
There are two APIs for this app:
- NYT API
- Google Books API
NYT API: You will need to create an API key in order to make requests.
Google Books API: You will need to create an API Key in order to not get rate limited. Follow the instructions for getting API Keys. You do not need to use OAuth.
Endpoint 1: Categories
https://api.nytimes.com/svc/books/v3/lists/names.json?api-key=\(key)
Endpoint 2: Best Sellers for a category
https://api.nytimes.com/svc/books/v3/lists.json?api-key=\(key)&list=\(hyphen-separated-list-name)
(e.g Hardcover-Fiction)
Endpoint 3: Google Books isbn
https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=+isbn:0385514239
Bestsellers | Favorites | Settings | Detail View |
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