Cache server for Star Wars API

Description

A caching engine/server built using Golang and Sqlite for The Star Wars API

• If a user calls the API to get details of any Planet, Starship, Vehicle, People, Film or Species then, first required details are checked in local storage.

• If record found in local storage then it is send back to the user as json response.

• If required data is not found in local database then API call is done to https://swapi.dev/api/ , obtained response is stored in local database and send back to the user.

• After every interval of 15 minutes, all records from local database tables are deleted.

Project structure

.
├── lib
|   ├── models.go
|   ├── apiSwapi.go
|   └── dbHandler.go
├── cacheEngine.go
└── README.md

Installation and running the server

• Install Golang.

• Install sqlite using command go get github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3

• Download or Clone this repo in local system.

• Go inside the project folder where 'cacheEngine.go' file is present.

• Open in terminal.

• Run the cache engine by command go run cacheEngine.go.

  Use 'GET' on endpoint http://localhost:10006/dataType or http://localhost:10006/dataType/id

  dataType value can be 'people', 'planets', 'vehicles', 'films', 'species' or 'starships'

  Example -

  Method : GET
  Url : http://localhost:10006/films/3