React Zip Code Search Lab

In this lab you're given starter code to implement a Zip Code search app that uses an API. The final result should work like the application here: https://cunytechprep.github.io/lab-react-zip-search-solution/

• When a user types a valid zip code, the application will retrieve associated city information from an API.
• When the user types an invalid zip code the application should display No results found
• A complete solution will reduce unnecessary API calls

To implement this app, you're given access to a Zip Code API that you can access from your React app. Below is a brief description of how the API works.

Mockups

Add an input field where the user can enter a zip code, like in the following image:

Use the user input to search the ctp-zip-api. If the zip code is valid the API will respond with an object for each city. Use that response to display each city in a separate div like in the following image:

NOTE: your styles (colors and look) don't have to be exact. Only functionality needs to be completed.

To submit

• Make a fork of this repository
• Clone your own fork
• Solve the lab
  • to get started run npm install once to install the packages
  • to start the react app install npm start
• Commit and push your code to your forked repository
• Make a pull request back to this repository
  • Mention your Instructor and TA's names in your pull request message

The Zip and City search API documentation (ctp-zip-api)

API BASE URL: https://ctp-zip-code-api.onrender.com/

Below is a description of the relevant API endpoints:

This API has been prebuilt for this assignment.

Search by Zip Code

• URL

  /zip/:zipcode

• Method

  GET

• URL Params

  Required:

  zipcode=[alphanumeric]

• Data Params

  None

• Success Response

  • Status Code: 200

    Content:

    [
        {"RecordNumber":"247","Zipcode":"10018","ZipCodeType":"STANDARD","City":"NEW YORK","State":"NY","LocationType":"PRIMARY","Lat":"40.71","Long":"-73.99","Xaxis":"0.20","Yaxis":"-0.72","Zaxis":"0.65","WorldRegion":"NA","Country":"US","LocationText":"New York, NY","Location":"NA-US-NY-NEW YORK","Decommisioned":"false","TaxReturnsFiled":"4416","EstimatedPopulation":"5928","TotalWages":"810026753","Notes":""},
        { ... },
        ...
    ]

• Error Response

  • Status Code: 404

    Content: Not Found

• Examples

  Provide the zipcode in the url and you will receive a JSON response with an array containing an object for each city found. For example see:

  https://ctp-zip-code-api.onrender.com/zip/10016

Search by City Name

• URL

  /city/:cityname

• Method

  GET

• URL Params

  Required:

  cityname=[string]

  String must be in all uppercase letters

• Data Params

  None

• Success Response

  • Status Code: 200

    Content:

    ["05343","11405","11411","11412","11413", ...]

• Error Response

  • Status Code: 404

    Content: Not Found

• Examples

  Provide the city name in the url and you will receive a JSON response with an array containing all zip codes for that city:

  https://ctp-zip-code-api.onrender.com/city/SPRINGFIELD