sophiedebenedetto/tunecore-searchable

TuneCore Searchable

A Rails implementation of a fuzzy search for songs by any combination of song title, artist name, album title and keyword.

Get It Up and Running

• git clone
• rake db: create; rake db:migrate; rake db:seed
• Run it! rails s

View It

• check out a deployed version of this app here

Technologies

• Postgresql database stores songs and their associated artists and albums.
• Database seeded by parsing JSON files stored in db/fixtures. JSON files populated with Spotify API response data.
• Search feature implemented with AJAX and Active Record queries leveraging the joins method to execute SQL queries on associated data.
• Search feature sends search request via AJAX, renders responds with a .js.erb view file. For pure client-side implementation using jBuilder to render JSON, see this branch. For pure client-side implementation using Active Model Serializers to render JSON, see this branch.
• Search feature uses Active Job, with the SideKiq adapter, backed by Redis in production, to execute search against database.
• Search methods are wrapped in a Search service class, found in app/servics/search.rb.
• Responsive UI implemented with Bootstrap and Bootswatch.
• RSpec tests for models and job; RSpec + Capybara for feature testing of search functionality.