📸 SnapFind – Image Search Application

SnapFind is a clean and responsive React application that allows users to search and explore high-quality images using the Pixabay API.

The project demonstrates API integration, state management, responsive UI design, and asynchronous data handling in a modern React environment.

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🚀 Tech Stack

• React.js
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• Pixabay REST API
• CSS / Tailwind / Bootstrap (update based on what you used)
• Axios / Fetch API

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✨ Features

• Search images by keyword
• Dynamic API fetching
• Responsive grid layout
• Loading indicator while fetching data
• Error handling for failed API calls
• Clean and minimal UI design

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🏗 Architecture Overview

• Component-based structure
• State management using React Hooks
• Separation of concerns (UI vs data logic)
• Reusable components for image cards

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⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/srujana-manda/.git

2. Navigate into the project: cd

3. Install dependencies: npm install

4. Add your Pixabay API key in a .env file: REACT_APP_PIXABAY_KEY=your_api_key

5. Run the app: npm start

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🌍 API Used

Pixabay REST API
Used for fetching royalty-free images dynamically based on search queries.

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📌 Future Improvements

• Pagination support
• Infinite scrolling
• Debounced search input
• Dark mode toggle
• Image modal preview
• Download functionality
• Unit testing with Jest

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👩‍💻 Author

Srujana Manda
Full-Stack Web Developer
GitHub: https://github.com/srujana-manda