kelleyDanger / hipmunk-flight-challenge-kelley-scanlon

Hipmunk Flight Server Challenge Using Phoenix

Hipmunk Flight Server Challenge

Author: Kelley Scanlon Coded In: Phoenix

Getting Started

1. Start python server python -m searchrunner.scraperapi
2. Cd into Phoenix flight server cd flight_phoenix_server
3. Create Phoenix database (just so phoenix server works; not actually using db) mix ecto.create
4. Start Phoenix server mix phoenix.server
5. Retrieve all provider flights sorted by agony at url http://localhost:8000/flights/search

NOTE: Elixir was choosen because it can be easily optimized to quickly handle multiple requests. For example, this server could be optimized to asynchronously make API requests to each provider and concat once all responses have returned.

UPDATE

1. Sped up API calls with Asynchronous calls using Task.async and Task.await Compare these two screenshots of time on the search controller before & after. BEFORE AFTER

2. Benchmarked Sort algorithms & picked fastest Used this website to compare different sort methods.https://www.toptal.com/developers/sorting-algorithms/nearly-sorted-initial-order Decided to test the following 3 sort methods on how fast they sorted: Insert, Shell, Bubble. I picked Insert after reviewing 3 benchmark test pictured below.