Lovable and Codecademy integration: Step-by-Step Guide 2025

 

Creating the Codecademy Integration File

 

• Create a new file in your Lovable project inside the src/integrations folder and name it codecademyIntegration.ts. If the folder doesn’t exist, create it first.
• Copy and paste the following TypeScript code into codecademyIntegration.ts:

export class CodecademyIntegration {
  apiKey: string;
  apiUrl: string;
  
  constructor(apiKey: string) {
    this.apiKey = apiKey;
    // Replace with the actual Codecademy API endpoint
    this.apiUrl = "https://api.codecademy.com";
  }
  
  async getUserProgress(userId: string): Promise<any> {
    try {
      const response = await fetch(${this.apiUrl}/users/${userId}/progress, {
        method: "GET",
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "Authorization": Bearer ${this.apiKey}
        }
      });
      if (!response.ok) {
        throw new Error("Network response was not ok");
      }
      return await response.json();
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("Error fetching user progress:", error);
      throw error;
    }
  }
}

 

Adding the Integration into Your Main Application

 

• Locate your main TypeScript file (for example, app.ts) in your Lovable project.
• At the top of the file, import the Codecademy integration class by adding the following code:

import { CodecademyIntegration } from "./integrations/codecademyIntegration";

• Initialize the Codecademy integration with your API key by inserting this snippet in an appropriate location (for example, after your imports):

const codecademy = new CodecademyIntegration("YOURCODECADERMYAPI_KEY");

• Create a function to fetch and display user progress. Add the following code below the initialization:

async function displayUserProgress(userId: string) {
  try {
    const progress = await codecademy.getUserProgress(userId);
    console.log("User Progress: ", progress);
    // Update your UI or perform further actions with the progress data.
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Failed to load Codecademy progress:", error);
  }
}

// Example usage of displayUserProgress
displayUserProgress("USERIDHERE");

 

Installing Dependencies Without a Terminal

 

• Since Lovable does not have access to a terminal, you must manually add any dependency information to your project’s configuration files.
• If your project uses a package.json file, open it and ensure you have the following dependency for TypeScript and, if needed, a module like node-fetch for environments that do not have fetch built-in:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "typescript": "^4.0.0",
    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1"  // Include only if you need fetch support in Node environments
  }
}

• If Lovable automatically reads your package.json, these dependencies will be recognized at runtime without a manual terminal install.

 

Testing the Integration

 

• Save all your changes.
• Reload or refresh your Lovable project interface to have it recompile your TypeScript files.
• Check the browser's console for the "User Progress" log output once the displayUserProgress function is executed.
• Replace "YOURCODECADERMYAPIKEY" and "USERID_HERE" in the code with your actual Codecademy API key and the user’s ID.

 

Final Adjustments and UI Integration

 

• Once you have confirmed that API data is being fetched correctly, adjust the UI components within your Lovable project to display the Codecademy progress data as needed.
• You can modify the displayUserProgress function to update DOM elements instead of logging to the console.