FCC Projects - Wikipedia Viewer

[mbrien12]

• [x] I can search Wikipedia entries in a search box and see the resulting entries
• [x] I can click a button to see a random Wikipedia entry
• [x] When I type in the search box, I can see a dropdown menu with autocomplete options for matching entries
• [x] Design

Can use any libraries or APIs I need

Hints URL for using Wikipedia API https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page

URL for random entries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

Sandbox for experimenting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&titles=Main%20Page&prop=revisions&rvprop=content&format=jsonfm

[mbrien12]

• [x] Set up skeleton of page
• [x] Need to implement search
• [x] Save search input as variable - which can then be put into API (like previous app)
• [x] Then randomise

[mbrien12]

Search = create input, use 'keyup' to save as variable..? Will try that!

[mbrien12]

1 hour on main set up and experimenting with first api calls - need to make sure SearchRequest var is being stored properly and onClick function works - needs to call the API and display list on page. Setup is there but not working so needs some investigating and tweaking

[mbrien12]

Can't save selected option of autocomplete 😡 Looks like need to use select option

[mbrien12]

Now storing variable but onclick function not working - maybe because of two ajax calls..?

[mbrien12]

Now prints links to page but submit button doesn't work - must conflict with 'select' event.

• [ ] Try and get submit button working (do this last - not a disaster)
• [x] Reset list everytime new search item added - now just adds to list - try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8329697/jquery-ui-autocomplete-clear-previous-search-term
• [x] Implement random button
• [x] Style - nice list and try and get thumbnail images in