A flat file parser that includes a command line interface and api for sorting and displaying records.
Written as part of a job application code challenge.
The following need to be installed on your computer:
- Ruby
- Bundler
In terminal, cd into project directory and run bundle install to install gem dependencies.
Test data in both comma and pipe seperated files can be found in data/.
To run the API locally:
rackup
This will start a local rack server at port 9292.
The following commands can be used for testing (requires curl to be installed):
curl http://localhost:9292/records/namefor records sorted by namecurl http://localhost:9292/records/genderfor records sorted by gendercurl http://localhost:9292/records/birthdatefor records sorted by birthdatecurl --data "record=lee,bruce,male,blue,11/27/1940" http://localhost:9292/recordsto post a new record and append it to data file
Example Usage:
ruby ffparser_cli.rb -f path/to/file -s fielda,fieldb -o desc, -d piperuby ffparser_cli.rb -f data/records.txt -s gender,last_name -o asc -d commato return records sorted in ascending order by gender, then last_name.
Run ruby ffparser_cli.rb --help for an overview of options.