README

Welcome to teslazonda's temperature API. This API takes a temperature as input and converts the input to another unit. Both Fahrenheit -> Celsius and Celsius -> Fahrenheit conversions are possible.

Dependencies

• Ruby 3.2.2
• Rails 7.0.8

Setup

• Navigate to the project directory
• Run bundle install to install Ruby gems.
• Run rails s in the project directory to start the server

Requests and Responses

The Rails application will run by default on port 3000. The following URL can be used to test the application locally: http://localhost:3000/v1/convert_temperature

POST v1/convert_temperature

Headers

 -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Request Body

{
  "temperature: float,
  "unit": "string"
}

Note: The unit must either be "Celsius" or "Fahrenheit".

Status 200

Successful curl request

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"temperature": 100, "unit": "Celsius"}' http://localhost:3000/v1/convert_temperature

Sample response

{"temperature":100.0,"unit":"Celsius","converted_temperature":212.0,"converted_unit":"Fahrenheit"}

Status 422

Input temperature is less than absolute zero

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"temperature": -300, "unit": "Celsius"}' http://localhost:3000/v1/convert_temperature

Sample response

{"error":"Temperature below absolute zero is not possible"}

Status 400

Bad Request

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"Bad Request"}' http://localhost:3000/v1/convert_temperature

Sample response

{"error":"An error occurred: Error occurred while parsing request parameters"}

Tests

• Run bundle exec rspec to run unit tests