tgo_flattener

tgo_flattener

This is a simple server that receive a multilevel arrays and returns a flat array and the max depth of it.

Requirements

• Clone this repo
• This beta version use MongoDB 4.2.3+ for running local and for tests. You need to install it a run on default port :27017.
• Install go 1.16.3+.
• IMPORTANT: if you don't have go mod enabled, see this article

How to run the tests

• Put MongoDB to run on port :27017
• Open the terminal, go to the root folder of this app and execute go test ./...

How to run the app

• Put MongoDB to run on port :27017
• Open the terminal, go to the root folder of this app and execute go run main.go. This will run on port :8080

ENDPOINTS

• URL POST /flats
  • INFO: This will accept a JSON array with nested arrays of simple values like string, int, float and even null
  • RESPONSE:
    • 404: if you send an object value inside the array
    • 500: this is work in progress and the algorithm should be improved
    • 200: returns an JSON object with the flatted array and max depth of it
      • BODY EXAMPLE:

      [
        "0_lvl",
        [
          "1_lvl"
        ],
        1,
        2,
        3
      ]
      

      • RESPONSE EXAMPLE:

      {
        "max_depth": 1,
        "flatted_data": [3,"0_lvl","1_lvl",1,2]
      }
      

• URL GET /flats
  • RESPONSE:
    • 500: this is work in progress and the algorithm should be improved
    • 200: returns a JSON array with the last 100 items processed with the ID, the time from when this was processed, the flatted and unflatted array
      • RESPONSE EXAMPLE:

      [
        {
          "id": "60b5a1727c09e9d6a3cefec4",
          "processed_at": "2021-06-01T02:54:42.088Z",
          "unflatted": [
              2,
              3,
              "0_lvl",
              [
                  "1_lvl"
              ],
              1
          ],
          "flatted": ["0_lvl","1_lvl",1,2,3]
        }
      ]