online_offline_tracker

online_offline_tracker

The purpose of this application is to return the online status of user(s).

Tech Stack

• Utilizes redis database
• Utilizes chi go package

Features

• Shows all online users
• Users can be added
• User can change their status to online
• User's status will be offline(data removed from redis) after 30sec
• Connection pooling and timeout

Endpoints

• GET Request at http://localhost:8000/account/status?username={username}

  • Response:
    • if user is present: return their online status
    • if user is not present: add user and set status to online

• GET Request at http://localhost:8000/account/all

  • Response:
    • Returns list of all users and their status

Future Implementation

• If the user is offline, show "was online X mins ago"
• Dashboard to show redis metrics