Autocomplete API

Autocomplete API that helps users searching for apps by their name. When writing the name of an app, the possible results should be shown to the user. For example, if the user is inputting Fac, two possible choices are Facebook and Facebook Lite.

The microservice/web service receives as input a user query, ask the autocomplete system for the possible results and send them back.

A Trie structure is used for faster responses of the API (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie).

Deployment

Building from source

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/AndreMPCosta/AutoComplete-API.git
cd AutoComplete-API

Inside the project directory, run the command below. This will do all the steps necessary to build and run as a Docker Image.

sudo bash start.sh

It is configured to run on the default port(5000), you can change that on the Dockerfile and on start.sh if you prefer another port.

Usage

The app is loading the 6500 titles csv file.

You can use Postman or your Browser to make a simple query, since the GET verb is being used on this case.

Sample call:

http://localhost:5000/query/your_prefix_here

Example:

http://localhost:5000/query/fac

You should get this response as JSON:

{
results: [
"facebook",
"facebook lite",
"facebook pages manager",
"facebook groups",
"facebook apps market",
"facebook video download",
"face changer",
"face changer 2",
"face time calling guide",
"face swap",
"faceapp",
"facelock for apps",
"facelook for facebook",
"facetune",
"faceswap face swap live"
]
}