Calculate Pi
This project has two parts:
- Server
- Worker
The server uses the flask library to accept requests. The only endpoint is /calculate.
The server has a list of worker addresses and loops through these to check if they are healthy by sending a ping request. Once it has decided which workers are healthy, it divides out the work to each of the healthy workers.
The worker can be spun up multiple times and when a server sends it a request, it is given a start, end and a precision. It uses the Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula to converge on the value of pi.
Running locally
To run this project locally, you can use the docker-compose.yml file.
Install docker compose and run the following command from the root of this repo:
docker-compose up --remove-orphans --build
To test it out, send a request with a json body:
curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:5000/calculate' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"n":30,
"x": 5000
}'