Queues - Janice Lichtman - api-muncher

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API Muncher

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
How did you go about exploring the Edamam API, how did you try querying the API?	I read the documentation on the Edamam API site. Then I tried out searches with different parameters using Postman
Describe your API Wrapper. How did you decide on the methods you created?	My api wrapper functions a bit like a model for a database, in that it handles my apps interaction with the Edamam API. The methods I needed are similar to database queries, and include a search method to find a list of recipes and a getRecipe method to retrieve a specific recipe.
Describe an edge case or failure case test you wrote for your API Wrapper.	I tested that when no recipes were found for a given search term, my method returns an empty array.
Explain how VCR aids in testing an API.	VCR saves the response to a call to the Edamam API (for a given query) in a cassette. Using the saved response, we can then test our internal methods and functionality without relying on the actual Edamam API. This is beneficial because testing our site does not cost us API calls, and our tests are unaffected by any external problems with the API itself.
What is the Heroku URL of your deployed application?	https://recipe-requiem.herokuapp.com/

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API Muncher

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
Core Requirements
Git hygiene	Well done
Comprehension questions	Well Done
General
Rails fundamentals (RESTful routing, use of named paths)	Well Done
Semantic HTML	Mostly good - Only application.html.erb needs a body tag, other files don't since it loads within 'yield' tag of that file. Repeated elements, like the flash, should be in the application.html.erb.
Errors are reported to the user	Well Done
API Wrapper to handle the API requests	Well Done
Controller testing	Well Done
Styling
Foundation Styling for responsive layout	Well Done
Search View	Well Done
List View	Well done
Show View which opens in a new tab	Well Done - suggestion: with this layout, have the content in the middle, with white space on the sides, for larger screen sizes
API Features
The App attributes Edaman	Well done
The VCR casettes do not contain the API key	Well Done
Overall
	Great work implementing all the required tasks to expectations.