Pokémon TCG Backup Project

Create a local backup of your Pokémon Trading Card set! This project uses the Pokémon TCG API to load all of the cards in the base4 set and back them up to a local MongoDB database. It is built using Next.js (React) and Mongoose (MongoDB).

Installation

1. Clone this repository locally.
2. Run npm install inside the project.
3. Head to the MongoDB website and download MongoDB Community Server for your operating system. Accept all of the default installation suggestions. You can choose not to download their GUI.
   • For macOS installation, follow this guide.
4. Ensure the MongoDB service is started. This is automatic on Windows if you have just installed it.
5. Inside the project, run npm run dev.
6. View the site in your browser at http://localhost:3000/ once the terminal confirms that the project has compiled successfully.

Functionality

The site includes the ability to:

• Create a backup of the base4 card set from the Pokémon TCG API to a local dabatase.
  • Note: If the data already exists, the site will check the incoming data and update it to the latest version.
• Purge that backup from the local database.
• Search the local database for a card, based on the name, HP and rarity.
  • Note: This is an AND field, not an OR field. This was an intentional decision in order to be able to filter cards - for example, all "Rare" cards with 90 HP.