vsapi

VarageSale API

Cloud 9

Cloud 9 server: https://c9.io/seche/vsapi

Code on Github: https://github.com/seche/vsapi

Start Server command: rails s -b $IP -p $PORT

Server uses:

Rails version: 5.0.0 Ruby version: 2.3.0 (x86_64-linux)

Commands Used

rails new vsapi --api

rails g scaffold Seller name:string longitude:decimal latitude:decimal
rails g scaffold Item title:string description:text price:float published_date:datetime 
rails g scaffold Category name:string
rails g scaffold Item_status name:string

rails g migration AddItemStatusToItems item_status:references
rails g migration AddCategoryToItems category:references
rails g migration AddSellerToItems seller:references

rails g serializer Seller
rails g serializer Item
rails g serializer ItemStatus
rails g serializer Category

rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=development

Test Database

Run Seeds1.rb once to generate data for Categories, Item Statuses and Sellers. Run Seeds.rb to add items.

Command line to see if data is available:

rails runner 'p Item.select(:title, :description, :storyline, :published_date, :category_id, :item_status).last'

How to use this script

JQUERY request testing

You can use a simple request like the one below:

jQuery.ajax({
  type: 'POST',
  url: '/categories',
  dataType: 'json',
  contentType: 'application/json',
  data: JSON.stringify({ category: { name: "Yehuda" } }),
  success: function(json) { }
});

Command line testing

POST Command curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -d '{"name":"yoda"}' https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/categories

rake spec

Api Requirements

Below are the 4 required api queries requested. They all return a JSON object. Also included in the code is all the functionalities for CRUD (Create, read, update and delete) that was generated with scaffold. This let's me manipulate the database but I commented out the routes access.

How to

In the untar app folder run bundle install.
Then run rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=development.
Then run the server rails s

You can also get the code from github: https://github.com/seche/vsapi.git Or ask to collaborate on Cloud9.

Show all items

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" --get https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/items

/items

https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/items

Show all items in a specific category

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" --get https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/categoryItems/1

/categoryItems/:category_id

https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/categoryItems/1

Show all sold items for a specific seller

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" --get https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/soldItems/3

/soldItems/:seller_id

https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/soldItems/3

Show one item

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" --get https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/items/1

/items/:item_id

https://vsapi-seche.c9users.io/items/1

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Challenge Description

Please submit the code through email compacting it using Tar to kpagett@varagesale.com

Please return within 48 hours if possible and email me with any questions!

Background

One of VarageSale's core experiences is the feed. The task is to create an API that will be consumed by a mobile app and a web app.

Note: This one API will service both apps.

A typical item has the following structure (all fields are required):

Item title
Item description
Item Category (list of available values)
- Car
- Clothing
- Others
Item Price
Seller Name
Seller Latitude
Seller Longitude
Item Status (list of available values)
- Available
- Pending
- Sold
- Expired
- Banned
Item Published Date

Requirements

The API will generate:

a list of all items
a list of all sold items for a particular seller
details of one item
a list of available items for a particular category

Anonymous users, without logging in, can query the API these four ways, and retrieve JSON responses.

Note: The assignment does not require any styled views over the JSON responses. We just want to see the JSON.

A banned item should never have the following fields returned by the API:

Seller Name
Item Publishing Date
Technical Notes (Field was never mentioned in the structure)

The code should be production-ready. Test coverage is expected.

Please include a README on how to run your code and how to run the tests.

Your submission can be developed using any technology/language you like, but we use Ruby on Rails.

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