Backend for the Frontend Software Engineer Interview

Overview

This is a simple backend written in Rust for the Frontend Software Engineer Interview. It is a simple REST API that allows you to send Image processing request. It uses a InMemory database to store data & images.

Run with the docker image

Build the docker image

docker build --target production -t backend .

Run the container

docker run -p 8080:80 backend

Run locally (without docker)

Requirements:

• Rust 1.74.0

cargo run --release --bin backend -- --port 8080

API

• /job (POST): Create a new image processing request -> Returns a job id [UUID v4]
  • Multipart fields
  • image: Image file (png, jpeg, tiff)
  • filter: Filter to apply on the image (Blurring, UnSharpening)
  • sigma: Sigma value for the filter
• /job (GET): Retrieves info about jobs
• /job/:id (GET): Retrieves info about a single job
• /job/result/:id (GET): Retrieves result image of a job

Create a new image processing request

curl http://0.0.0.0:8080/job -F 'image=@/path/to/your/image' -F filter=Blurring -F sigma=5

Get list of all jobs

curl http://0.0.0.0:8080/job

Get a single job

curl http://0.0.0.0:8080/job/{job_id}

Get a image result of a job

curl http://0.0.0.0:8080/job/result/{job_id}