Answer Digital Python TechTest

Thank you for applying to become part of the Answer Digital team, we have prepared a technical test for you which is designed to help you demonstrate your technical problem solving skills.

Good luck!

Prerequisites

• Python 3 - https://www.python.org/downloads/
• An IDE such as Pycharm - https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/
• Alternative IDE's are available such as VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/download
• node.js and npm - https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• Postman - https://www.postman.com/downloads/ (Optional)

Instructions

The test involves finishing the Flask API that has been already started.

• Look in the file app.py (should be in the api directory)
• You will see an already completed endpoint /api/people

Your task is to complete the API and add the missing endpoints which are

• GET /api/person/{id} - get person with given id
• POST /api/people - create 1 person
• PUT /api/person/{id} - Update a person with the given id
• DELETE /api/person/{id} - Delete a person with a given id

To test the api you will need to run it. You can use a tool like Postman to test to see if the endpoints are working or you can run the frontend which calls the endpoints above to test. See instructions below on how to run the frontend & API

Running the frontend

Ensure you are in the root of the project

• Step 0: Ensure you have a terminal/command prompt open
• Step 1: Install dependencies: npm install or yarn
• Step 2: Run the frontend npm run dev or yarn run dev

Running the API

Windows

Ensure you are in the root of the project Run the API by running npm run start-api-win or yarn run start-api-win

• If you are using GitBash run the following from the api subdirectory: cmd "/C run_api.bat"

If this doesn't work then follow these steps to run the API manually:

• Step 0: Ensure you have a command prompt open
• Step 1: Ensure you are in the /api directory

  If you are in the root of the project you can run cd api to get into the api directory

• Step 2: Install Pipenv: pip install pipenv
• Step 3: Install dependencies: pipenv install
• Step 4: Run the API: pipenv run flask run

You can stop running the api by pressing CTRL + C.

To rerun the API you can do flask run.

Mac OS/Linux/Unix

• Step 0: Ensure you have a terminal open
• Step 1: Ensure you are in the /api directory

  If you are in the root of the project you can run cd api to get into the api directory

• Step 2: Install Pipenv: pip install pipenv
• Step 3: Install dependencies: pipenv install
• Step 4: Run the API: pipenv run flask run

You can stop running the api by doing CTRL + C

To rerun the API you can do pipenv run flask run OR run npm run start-api in the root of the project