Echo Location Server

Set Up

The server uses Postgres for its database. It expects a database 'points' to exist, with a table 'points' to store the points... I'll fix the name if I find a reason to store anything else in the database... yeah...

If you want to use Rspec you will have to set up the testing database, 'points_test' again with a table 'points'.

The databases are simple, run the following commands to create one and a table inside:

psql postgres
CREATE DATABASE points;
\q
psql points
CREATE TABLE points(id BIGSERIAL, lat DECIMAL, lon DECIMAL);

Run

To run, first make sure you run:

bundle install
rake
ruby run_server.rb

From another window run:

telnet localhost 8000

Then as you can't pipe the test file into the open connection without it closing immediately after, you have to paste in the content of test-template.json or quickly write your own.

You can modify the template as needed, but telnet likes it to fit in one line. It is JSON and shouldn't really be that long for this particular server...

Testing

From parent directory:

rspec

It's like magic or something.

Shoutouts

Andrew: For being the sassiest prick you've ever met when helping me set up the databases. Also, when you ninja-edit this, tell me to at least pull before I get worried when I see a merge appear on a one person project.

Contributions

If for some unknown reason you feel compelled to contribute to this project, please do so in the form of a pull request.