Star wars API

Star wars API

1. Available Resources

   • GoConqr
     • Creates the mindmap for the Star wars API website
   • Word
     • Creates the Star wars API project
   • Edrawmax
     • Creates the DFD
   • Thonny
     • Creates the algorithm
   • Notepad
     • Creates the pages

2. Task Requirements

   • Self Determined Criteria
     • The application must be able to filter characters
       • - Displays the exact searched character.
       • - Must have a function to search the characters
   • Prescribed Criteria
     • Display API data in a table format
       • - API data must be retrieved
       • - Retrieved data must be displayed in a table format
     • Be efficient, modular and have accurate code
       • - Application must not have any bugs and satisfy the user’s needs.
       • - Application must be efficient
       • - Application must be aesthetically pleasing
       • - Application must be aesthetically pleasing
     • Have an algorithm to retrieve, process and display the Star Wars data from the API
       • - Must be able to retrieve Star Wars data from the Star Wars API
       • - Must process and then display the retrieved data
     • Receive data in one format and programmatically transform it into another format for sharing/displaying
       • - Must receive data in JSON format
       • - Must transform the JSON format into HTML
   • Existing Solutions
     • Wookieepedia
       • Pros
         • Many starwars info
         • Search feature
       • Cons
         • Can be edited by anyone
     • Wikipedia
       • Pros
         • Has the Most starwars info
         • Search/filter function
       • Cons
         • Can be edited by anyone
   • Constraints and Limitations
     • The website would be coded in Flask, Python, HTML and CSS, which is less versatile than if you would use more languages.
     • Time constraints

3. User Problems

   • User persona
     • Jennifer Taylor
       • Interests
         • Star wars
       • Needs
         • Able to search for characters
       • Frustration
         • Dislike wikis and want a readable solution that works on mobile

4. Impacts

   • Personal
     • The application could bring happiness to the user as it could provide nostalgia, relaxation and/or emotional comfort.
   • Social
     • It can help Star wars lovers to connect with each other, fostering online communities
   • Economic
     • The web application could allow for revenue through ads and sponsors

5. Developer enviroment

   • Data types
     • String - Sequence of characters in quotation marks
     • Integers - Whole numbers
     • Varchar - Any character
     • Boolean - True or false
     • Array - Collection of data types
   • Coding languages
     • Used python in the back end to retrieve API data and display the HTML webpages, linking CSS, HTML and python
     • HTML is used for the web pages
     • CSS is used to change the style of the table in order to make it more aethetically pleasing

6. Key algorithms

   • Retrieve API data
   • Search for API data