autocomplete-service

Creator: Jonathan Kenney (jonathankenney12@gmail.com)

Solution for code challege: https://github.com/zesty-io/gists/blob/master/code-challenge-autocomplete

Setup

This module was created using go1.10.4 on Ubuntu18.04 LTS and has not been verified on any other go version or operating system. The implementation is pure go and requires no 3rd party packages.

Clone the repository locally and ensure you have a program like curl or Postman for testing.

Usage

In your terminal, switch into the autocomplete-service directory and build the binary with go build.

Next, start the service using ./autocomplete-service.

e.g.

cd ~/code/autocomplete-service
go build
./autocomplete-service

Request with curl

In another terminal window, use curl to send a request to the server as follows:

curl localhost:9000/autocomplete?term=th

Set the term parameter to the desired term (only alphabetical terms allowed). Note that this endpoint will only accept GET requests.

Request with Postman

In a new Postman request, set the method to GET and enter the URL as follows:

localhost:9000/autocomplete?term=th

Set the term parameter to the desired term (only alphabetical terms allowed) and hit Send. Note that this endpoint will only accept GET requests.

Solution Verification and Performance

Experimental results required by the CHALLENGE.md can be found in this Google Doc.