record-parser

Command-line data parser with web API. Specification: http://reverb.com/page/dev-challenge

Command Line

$ bin/record-parser <instruction> <files>

• Allowed instructions:
  • birth-date
  • gender-and-last-name
  • last-name-descending
• Multiple files should be separated by a space: one.txt two.txt three.txt

API

• Create a record from a new data line: POST /records
  • The parameter line represents the data line
  • Allowed formats:
    • LastName FirstName Gender FavoriteColor DateOfBirth
    • LastName, FirstName, Gender, FavoriteColor, DateOfBirth
    • LastName | FirstName | Gender | FavoriteColor | DateOfBirth
• List sorted records as JSON:
  • GET /records/birthdate
  • GET /records/gender
  • GET /records/name

Assumptions

• Each data line in a file ends with a newline character.
• Each record can have only one gender.
• Dates appear as M/D/YYYY:
  • 2/15/2012 instead of 02/15/2012, 2/15/12, or Feb 15, 2012
  • 10/9/1940 instead of 10/09/40, 9/10/40, or 9-10-1940
• Sorting is case-sensitive and 'ASCIIbetical':
  • http://blog.codinghorror.com/sorting-for-humans-natural-sort-order/

Setup

$ gem install bundler
$ bundle install

Testing

$ bundle exec cucumber
$ bundle exec rspec -fd