Finder

A front-end ZIP code-based search tool for resources stored in Airtable, e.g. food pantries, vaccination clinics, etc.

Usage

Configure this application by building a URL to use in an iframe embed. The URL path (the subdirectories) specific the Airtable base, table, and view. The URL parameters customize the functionality of the search interface.

Initial set up

• Set up table and view in Airtable. The view may be filtered to the records you want to share publicly. For now, keep views < 500 records for sake of performance.
  • Note: while you can hide fields in Airtable, all fields are sent to a user's browser, so don't put anything sensitive in any field on a table that will be shared publicly. There's a parameter for choosing which fields are displayed publicly, but even fields not displayed are discoverable in the API response
• The table should have at least the following fields
  • locationField a field containing a ZIP code or a full address with a ZIP at the end of it. By default, the application will look for a field named ZIP for this, but you may specify any other field name by setting the locationField URL parameter
  • nameField a field containing the resource's name, to be shown as a header on the resource's card. Defaults to field Name, may be specified through the nameField param
  • countyField a field containing a county name, which is used to enable the County filter. For now, this is required, and values should be one of the NJ county names (e.g. "Cape May", not "Cape May County"). Defaults to County, may be specified
  • linkField (optional) a fully qualified URL (e.g. https://example.com/path). If present, this will show up as a button that says "Visit site" on the resource card. Defaults to Link field; specify through param
  • filterField a field that should be used as an additional drop down filter. Specify the field name by setting the filterField URL parameter
• Share the table / view with "read only access" with the user "[email protected] (READ ONLY API)", to allow for public access to the view
  • Add the table to the scope for the personal access token associated with the above account
• Build an embed URL starting with the URL base https://innovation.nj.gov/app/finder/, followed by the Airtable path (copied from the path of the URL when you're looking at the view you want to share in Airtable), e.g. appzXNd4ovBNZ0ZJb/tblsy2WZggzW1rwD8/viw9MPuhzMteXxi3U, followed optionally by a ? and any parameters you want to specify (params should be in the format of ?key=value&key2=value2&key3=value3), e.g. ?locationField=Address&linkField=Link
• Use this URL as the src of an iframe tag to embed it on a webpage

Sample embed code

<script src="https://innovation.nj.gov/app/finder/vendor/iframe-resizer/iframeResizer.min.js"></script>
<iframe
  onload="iFrameResize({}, this);"
  style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; border: 0"
  src="{finder URL}"
></iframe>

Development

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

Available Scripts

In the project directory, you can run the following:

npm start

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in your browser.

The page will reload when you make changes.
You may also see any lint errors in the console.

npm test

Launches the test runner in the interactive watch mode.
See the section about running tests for more information.

npm run build

Builds the app for production to the build folder.
It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.

The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed!

See the section about deployment for more information.

npm run eject

Note: this is a one-way operation. Once you eject, you can't go back!

If you aren't satisfied with the build tool and configuration choices, you can eject at any time. This command will remove the single build dependency from your project.

Instead, it will copy all the configuration files and the transitive dependencies (webpack, Babel, ESLint, etc) right into your project so you have full control over them. All of the commands except eject will still work, but they will point to the copied scripts so you can tweak them. At this point you're on your own.

You don't have to ever use eject. The curated feature set is suitable for small and middle deployments, and you shouldn't feel obligated to use this feature. However we understand that this tool wouldn't be useful if you couldn't customize it when you are ready for it.

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