Hitch Radius Microservice

Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
3. ReST Endpoints

About The Project

This repository serves as a microservice to digest the zipcodebase api endpoints.

Built With

• Ruby on Rails
• PostgreSQL
• Postman

Getting Started

1. Clone this repo
2. Install gem packages: bundle install
3. Local development needs an API key https://app.zipcodebase.com/register?plan=free
4. Create .env under /app

ZIPCODEBASE_APIKEY = 'your token'

7. Start sinatra server

 $rackup or shotgun
 "rackup or shotgun will let you know which localhost port to navigate to"

Prerequisites

• Ruby 2.5.3
• Rails 5.2.5

ReST Endpoints

Get Distance

• Returns distance between two zipcodes

Required Parameters: :code :compare

GET /distance/:code/:compare

Get Radius

• Returns all zipcodes within a given radius

Required Parameters: :original_code :valid_code

GET /distance/:original_code/:valid_code