Code Challenge: Wizard World API

This challenge will test your ability to make calls to an API, as well as your ability to process that data to get the needed information. You will be making calls to the Harry Potter Wizard World API and using the returned data to answer some questions. Refer to the Wizard World API documentation on GitHub and the API Swagger page to determine how to call the different endpoints.

How to Start the Challenge

1. Fork this project to your account (Forking a repository)
2. Clone the forked repo to your computer (Cloning a repository)
3. Start a new project, in a language of your choosing, in the cloned repo
4. Complete the requirements listed in Requirements
5. Validate your program against the values in Validation

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Requirements

Write a program that answers the following questions: (results should be sorted alphabetically where applicable)

• From the different characters, what are the top 3 most common elixirs?
  • For each of the top three, how many wizards have that elixir?
• What are the side effects of the top elixir?
• What other elixirs share any ingredient with the top elixir?
• What are the different types of spells?
  • How many of each type of spell are there?

Validation

Sample Output With Correct Answers

Top Three Elixirs
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1. 3 wizards have the elixir "Love potion".
2. 2 wizards have the elixir "Beautification Potion".
3. 2 wizards have the elixir "Bruise removal paste".

The top elixir "Love potion" has the side effect of "Embarrassment on the part of the drinker".

Elixirs That Share an Ingredient With "Love potion"
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1.  Amortentia
2.  Beautification Potion
3.  Calming Draught
4.  Cupid Crystals
5.  Draught of Peace
6.  Elixir to Induce Euphoria
7.  Felix Felicis
8.  First Love Beguiling Bubbles
9.  Heartbreak Teardrops
10. Invigoration Draught
11. Kissing Concoction
12. Potion N. 86
13. Twilight Moonbeams

Spell Types and Number of Spells With That Type
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1.  Charm                          x 160
2.  Transfiguration                x 30
3.  Jinx                           x 26
4.  Curse                          x 23
5.  Hex                            x 17
6.  Conjuration                    x 13
7.  DarkCharm                      x 13
8.  HealingSpell                   x 7
9.  Spell                          x 4
10. MagicalTransportation          x 3
11. CounterCharm                   x 2
12. DarkArts                       x 2
13. BindingMagicalContract         x 1
14. CounterJinx                    x 1
15. CounterSpell                   x 1
16. None                           x 1
17. Untransfiguration              x 1
18. Vanishment                     x 1

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References

MossPiglets (2021) WizardWorldAPI (v1.0.1) [Source Code]. https://github.com/MossPiglets/WizardWorldAPI

MossPiglets. (2021). WizardWorldAPI Swagger. https://wizard-world-api.herokuapp.com/swagger/index.html