Oddle Backend Challenge - V2

Welcome to Oddle Challenge

Table of contents

• General info
• Technologies
• Setup
• User Stories
• Weather API provider
• Requirements
• Notes

General info

A simple weather checking API service.

Technologies

• Java 1.8
• Spring Boot 2.4.3
• MySQL 5

Setup

Prerequisites:

You need to update the database config to point to your desired database first.

Run:

$ ./gradlew bootRun

User stories

Requirements	User Story	Priority
Search for today weather of a specific city	As an API consumer, I should be able to search for today's weather by inputting the city name.	High
Save weather data	As an API consumer, I should be able to save weather data for retrieval	High
Get historical weather data	As an API consumer, I should be able to look for weather data from past periods	High
Delete historical weather data	As an API consumer, I should be able to delete an existing weather record	Medium
Update historical weather data	As an API consumer, I should be able to update an existing weather record	Medium
Able to ensure existing function is working	As an API contributor, I should be able to make sure my contribution won’t break existing function	Low

Weather API Provider

https://openweathermap.org/current

Access current weather data for any location on Earth including over 200,000 cities! We collect and process weather data from different sources such as global and local weather models, satellites, radars and vast network of weather stations. Data is available in JSON, XML, or HTML format.

Requirements

• The server should be written in Java Spring / Spring Boot and Hibernate. The client will consume RESTFUL APIs provided by the server.
• Follow coding best practices.
• Understanding of API Designs (both REST and GraphQL are accepted with no preference)
• Understanding of Spring Boot framework
• Show considerations for Speed, Efficiency, and Scalability in your APIs and Database design and coding
• Show how existing functions can be tested efficiently when introducing new feature

Notes

• Ensure that you understand the requirements of the assignment before continuing.
• Add in adequate comments to explain your codes. (If you need to write a documentation to explain your solution, please do so)
• Tell the consumer how to consume your API. Documentation is great, actual way to run your APIs are even greater.
• Design and attach your .sql file when you submit your project.
• If additional setup is required, please update README.md that explains the steps to get the assignment working.
• Think about how big the data can become and what to do about it
• Think about scaling your app. You do not need to implement it now.

Submission Steps

• FORK the repository https://github.com/oddle-developer/oddle-backend-challenge to your machine
• Duplicate it to PRIVATE repository on your Github account (https://docs.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/duplicating-a-repository)
• Checkout a NEW BRANCH for your changes
• Code. Commit and Push as many times as you want, only the LAST Pull Request will be graded
• Create a Pull Request from your new branch in your private repo and invite us as reviewer
• Add https://github.com/oddle-hire-java as collaborator for your repo and add oddle-hire-java as reviewer to your PR