pokedexcli

README

Pokedexcli

Overview

Here is a personal project built using Go and Bubble Tea. It allows users to search for various pokemon and retrieve basic information about pokemon in the national pokedex. It's purpose is personal: an outlet for me to explore the Go standard library and some of the community tools like Boltdb and the Charm libraries. Hope you'll like what you see!

Features

• pokeapi.co REST api integration
• configurable caching layer
• pokemon search with a basic phonetic algorithm (soundex)
• ASCII rendering of png images
• responsive(ish) design using Bubble Tea messages and Lip Gloss

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed before running the application:

• Go (version 1.21.5 or higher)
• Git

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ethanefung/pokedexcli.git

Navigate to the project directory:

cd pokedexcli

Build the application:

go build

Usage

Run the application:

./pokedexcli

By default Boltdb will be used for the cache. However, you can pass a flag to explore different caching strategies

./pokedexcli -cache filebased

or

./pokedexcli -cache inmemory

Contributing

Because the purpose of this application is for personal edification, I don't plan on accepting pull requests in this project. I encourage forks of this project however! I will keep track of any issues, so if you do encounter a bug or would like to pitch an idea of how this application can improve be sure to let me know in an issue.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.