Linkmir Code Challenge

This webapi application is a code challenge exercise for Quicken Loans.

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio Code
• C# for Visual Studio Code
• .Net 5.0 SDK

Build Instructions

1. From Visual Studio Code, open the integrated terminal
2. Change to the folder that will contain the project folder (ex. C:\projects or /home/user/projects )
3. from terminal window execute:

git clone https://github.com/rhkean/linkmir.git
cd linkmir
code -r linkmir

4. When prompted (in the lower right corner) to load missing dependencies, select 'Yes'
5. The project should now compile and run at http://localhost:5000/Zja8syffynb

Usage

POST: http://localhost:5000

body:

{
    "link": "http://www.microsoft.com"
}

response:

{
    "link": "http://www.microsoft.com"
    "shortlink": "http://localhost:5000/aazr35wn82b"
}

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GET: http://localhost:5000/aazr35wn82b

response:

{
    "link": "http://www.microsoft.com/",
    "shortLink": "http://localhost:5000/aazr35wn82b"
}

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GET: http://localhost:5000/stats/aazr35wn82b

response:

{
    "domain": "microsoft.com",
    "subdomain": "www",
    "submissionCount": 1,
    "accessCount": 2,
    "link": "http://www.microsoft.com/",
    "shortLink": "http://localhost:5000/aazr35wn82b"
}

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GET: http://localhost:5000/stats

body:

{
  "subdomain": "*",
  "domain": "microsoft.com"
}

response:

{
    "domain": "microsoft.com",
    "subDomain": "*",
    "links": [
        {
            "domain": "microsoft.com",
            "subdomain": "www",
            "submissionCount": 1,
            "accessCount": 2,
            "link": "http://www.microsoft.com/",
            "shortLink": "aazr35wn82b"
        }
    ],
    "matchingLinksCount": 1,
    "totalSubmissionCount": 1,
    "totalAccessCount": 2
}

Online Example

This example is running in a Docker container on a Raspberry Pi 4 with a Dietpi 32-bit Debian image.

http://keanconsulting.com/stats/o7g6hdN1qhg

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Disclaimer

This is my first Visual Studio Code for LInux application written in a ChromeOS chroot environment. I have extensive previous experience with Visual Studio, however my chromebook is my only current build machine. While not the best or most efficient way to demonstrate my coding skills, I understand that this exercise is more focused on seeing how I think through the coding process.

With that said, I have begun this webapi utilizing a Microsoft Tutorial to build from. I believe this provided a quick start for success in this situation, however this may result in remnants of the sample project from the tutorial due to time constraints.