moj-test

Implementation of an anagram web service from the spec in asset/README.markdown.

Requirements

Node 8.x (tested with 8.15.1)

Installation and build

Run npm install
Run npm run build
If the application should run on a different port, please create a .env file with the PORT variable, e.g. PORT=80. It runs on port 8080 by default.

Startup

npm start - starts up the compiled service from the dist/ folder - requires a build
npm start-dev - starts up the service via babel-node from the src/ folder - requires dev dependencies

Requests can be made to http://localhost:8080/{word,word2} by default.

Test

npm test - runs unit tests in Jest
npm test-coverage - runs tests and creates a coverage report in coverage/

Notes

The requirements are a little loose. I would expect the following points to be clarified before implementing this service:

Unclear what to return when requested word is missing from the list. For now words not on the list do not have their anagrams returned.
Unclear how to deal with invalid request paths, e.g. /cat/mouse. For now, anything after a second slash is ignored.