diogoaurelio/table-reservation-challenge

Tech Challenge: Table reservation backend API

Welcome to the Orderbird Tech Challenge :-). You need to develop the following backend API.

Table reservation is an application to help the restaurant owner manage tables. A table is created by posting a name to the backend. Tables can be queried from the backend and guests can submit times suitable for them to make a reservation.

The application needs to persist data between launches and should be written in Java and Spring Boot. You can choose the architectural design and patterns freely.

The deliverable should be a publicly accessible repository containing the application and a README file containing at least a guide on how to run the application.

Some guidelines:

• Your solution should be able to scale for a larger purpose. Thus imagine the app being extended to cover a larger API and/or a bigger feature set.
• please write tests (yes, seriously, it is important to us)
• Showcase your abilities, and use the task to demonstrate your idea of best practices, regarding coding style, project structure, frameworks, patterns, design, etc.
• There is no right or wrong solution, as long as it is your solution.
• if you only have time to do one thing please do it as good as you possible can. It is better to have an nice but incomplete solution rather than a mediocre "feature complete" one. We want to get a good impression of your abilities.
• Be prepared to describe your work in detail.

Here are the Endpoints and some example responses:

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Create a table

Endpoint: /api/v1/table

Request

Method: POST

Body:

{
  "name": "Table with a view to the mountains"
}

Response

Body:

{
  "id": 0
}

Make a reservation for a table

Endpoint: /api/v1/table/{id}/reservation

Request

Method: POST

Body:

{
  "customer_name": "Mr. Smith",
  "timeslot": {
    "from": "2018-01-04T18:00:00.000Z",
    "to": "2018-01-04T20:00:00.000Z"
  } 
}

Response

Return the response status depending whether the reservation was successful or not. For example, if the tables is already reserved at the mentioned time slot, then the status should be CONFLICT.

Show all reservations for a table

Endpoint: /api/v1/table/{id}

Request

Method: GET

Response

Body:

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "Table with a view to the mountains",
  "reservations": [
    {
      "customer_name": "Mr. Smith",
      "from": "2018-01-04T18:00:00.000Z",
      "to": "2018-01-04T20:00:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "customer_name": "Mr. Pink",
      "from": "2018-01-04T20:00:00.000Z",
      "to": "2018-01-04T21:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}