yukigeshiki / coding-challenge-rust

Testing out the Axum web framework with a small backend coding challenge.

coding-challenge-rust

Create an API server using Axum which will return random animal facts. The service should have the following:

• Receive the following inputs as arguments, environment variables, configuration, etc.

  • Port to start on

  • Type of fact to return with valid options

    • cat

    • dog

    • any (randomize the type on each request)

    • … assume more animals will be added in the future

  • Anything else you feel is needed

• Have the endpoint /fact return a random fact

  • Use the following APIs to retrieve a random cat or dog fact

    • Cat → https://alexwohlbruck.github.io/cat-facts/docs/endpoints/facts.html

    • Dog → https://kinduff.github.io/dog-api/

  • Return a response in this JSON format

{
    "fact": "Three of the 12 dogs on the Titanic survived.",
    "animal": "dog"
}

• Assume this is a production-grade application. So create:

  • Tests

  • Logs

  • Handle errors

  • etc.

To run the application:

cargo run

To test the application:

cargo test