README.md

Twitter-like Messaging Service for Fun!

Prerequisites

• Compatible with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Get the packages apt-get install cmake g++ libcpprest-dev -y
• Install cpp_redis
• Redis in-memory datastore

Compile

Put your actual credentials below.

cmake . -DREDISENDP="example.redis.server.com" -DREDISPORT=12345 -DREDISPASS="secret_password"
make

API Usage with cURL

User 1 follows user 2

curl -v --request PUT localhost:8080/api/v1/follow/1/2

Unfollow

curl -v --request DELETE localhost:8080/api/v1/follow/1/2

Get Timeline for user 1

curl -v --request GET localhost:8080/api/v1/timeline/1

Post tweet for user 1

curl -v --request POST --data '{"userId": 1, "content": "Hello World!"}' localhost:8080/api/v1/tweet