PHP Code Challenge

Requirements

Build a basic HTTP API web application using the PHP technologies of your choice. You will be evaluated on your ability to architect a miniature application.

The web application will be responsible for returning the following information serialized as JSON:

1. Geolocation information:
   • Target IP address (use client IP if none specified)
   • City/State/Country of IP
2. Weather information using the geolocated city of the target IP address
   • Current temperature (in celcius)
   • Wind speeds

For IP Geolocation, your application should use the following two free services:

1. ip-api.com
2. freegeoip.net

The client should be able to use different geolocation services based on a query parameter (?service=ip-api, or ?service=freegeoip) if provided, but default to one of them if nothing is specified. The response should also contain a value indicating to the client which service was used to return the Geolocation response.

For weather information, you should use the OpenWeatherMap API to get the current weather information for a city by name. You may use our API key: 6103b0f582e78c7382bc6b0cdc06deb8.

NOTE: Our OpenWeatherMap API key has a rate limit of 60 requests/minute. If you are throttled, you need to wait a full minute before it will work again.

Endpoints

GET /geolocation

GET /geolocation/:ip_address

GET /weather

GET /weather/:ip_address

Sample Requests

GET /geolocation

{
    "ip": "8.8.8.8",
    "geo": {
        "service": "ip-api",
        "city": "Mountain View",
        "region": "California",
        "country": "United States"
    }
}

GET /weather/8.8.8.8

{
    "ip": "8.8.8.8",
    "city": "Mountain View",
    "temperature": {
        "current": 13,
        "low": 11,
        "high": 16,
    },
    "wind": {
        "speed": 11,
        "direction": 240
    }
}

Instructions

1. Begin by forking this repository to your own GitHub account
2. Create your PHP implementation of the requirements above, committing your code as you progress
3. Create a README.md with instructions detailing installation and configuration of your project so we can run it
4. When finished, open a Pull Request to lxrco/php-code-challenge-a

Remarks

Feel free to use any technology you want or add features you think would make it better.

We're looking for developers who:

• are comfortable relying on high-quality existing packages and knowing when is the appropriate time to use them
• take pride in their creation instead of rushing to get it through the door
• commit often and showcase work through a descriptive commit history

Bonus points if you cover unit and/or functional testing.

Happy coding!