Rails Mock Challenge - Camping Fun

Congratulations! You have been hired by Access Camp and for your first job, you have been tasked with building out a website to log campers with their activities.

In this repo, there is a Rails application with some features built out. There is also a fully built React frontend application, so you can test if your API is working.

Your job is to build out the Rails API to add the functionality described in the deliverables below.

Setup

To download the dependencies for the frontend and backend, run:

$ bundle install
$ npm install --prefix client

There is some starter code in the db/seeds.rb file so that once you've generated the models, you'll be able to create data to test your application.

You can run your Rails API on localhost:3000 by running:

$ rails s

You can run your React app on localhost:4000 by running:

$ npm start --prefix client

You are not being assessed on React, and you don't have to update any of the React code; the frontend code is available just so that you can test out the behavior of your API in a realistic setting.

There are also tests included which you can run using rspec to check your work.

Depending on your preference, you can either check your progress by:

  • Running rspec and seeing if your code passes the tests
  • Running the React application in the browser and interacting with the API via the frontend
  • Running the Rails server and using Postman to make requests

Models

You need to create the following relationships:

  • A Camper has many Activitys through Signups
  • An Activity has many Campers through Signups
  • A Signup belongs to a Camper and belongs to a Activity

Start by creating the models and migrations for the following database tables:

domain diagram

If you use a Rails generator to create the models, make sure to use the --no-test-framework flag to avoid overwriting the test files.

Add any code needed in the model files to establish the relationships.

Then, run the migrations and seed file:

$ rails db:migrate db:seed

If you aren't able to get the provided seed file working, you are welcome to generate your own seed data to test the application.

Validations

Add validations to the Camper model:

  • must have a name
  • must have an age between 8 and 18

Add validations to the Signup model:

  • must have a time between 0 and 23 (referring to the hour of day for the activity)

Routes

Set up the following routes. Make sure to return JSON data in the format specified along with the appropriate HTTP verb.

GET /campers

Return JSON data in the format below:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Caitlin",
    "age": 8
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Lizzie",
    "age": 9
  }
]

GET /campers/:id

If the Camper exists, return JSON data in the format below:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Caitlin",
  "age": 8,
  "activities": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Archery",
      "difficulty": 2
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Swimming",
      "difficulty": 3
    }
  ]
}

If the Camper does not exist, return the following JSON data, along with the appropriate HTTP status code:

{
  "error": "Camper not found"
}

POST /campers

This route should create a new Camper. It should accept an object with the following properties in the body of the request:

{
  "name": "Zoe",
  "age": 11
}

If the Camper is created successfully, send back a response with the new Camper:

{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "Zoe",
  "age": 11
}

If the Camper is not created successfully, return the following JSON data, along with the appropriate HTTP status code:

{
  "errors": ["validation errors"]
}

GET /activities

Return JSON data in the format below:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Archery",
    "difficulty": 2
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Swimming",
    "difficulty": 3
  }
]

DELETE /activities/:id

If the Activity exists, it should be removed from the database, along with any Signups that are associated with it (a Signup belongs to an Activity, so you need to delete the Signups before the Activity can be deleted).

After deleting the Activity, return an empty response body, along with the appropriate HTTP status code.

If the Activity does not exist, return the following JSON data, along with the appropriate HTTP status code:

{
  "error": "Activity not found"
}

POST /signups

This route should create a new Signup that is associated with an existing Camper and Activity. It should accept an object with the following properties in the body of the request:

{
  "time": 9,
  "camper_id": 1,
  "activity_id": 3
}

If the Signup is created successfully, send back a response with the data related to the Activity:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Archery",
  "difficulty": 2
}

If the Signup is not created successfully, return the following JSON data, along with the appropriate HTTP status code:

{
  "errors": ["validation errors"]
}