bnurbekov/http_server_for_feedback

1. To run the server the following command should be executed: server.py [port]

   The default port is 2222.

   The URL of a server is localhost:port.

2. The API allows fetching data from a database. It can be accessed through /api. In order to run a query the "firstname", "lastname", "email" and "ops" parameters should be provided in the following fashion:

   http://localhost:2222/api?firstname=Jerry&lastname=Clarkson&[email protected]&ops=%26%7C

   The "ops" parameter provides necessary AND and OR boolean operations for the query. AND should be encoded as %26 (decodes to &). OR should be encoded as %7C (decodes to |).

   NOTE! The API considers the order of parameters provided. Thus, the following two queries will return different results: http://localhost:2222/[email protected]&firstname=Jerry&lastname=Clarkson&ops=%26%7C (translates to WHERE email=[email protected] AND firstname = Jerry OR lastname = Clarkson) http://localhost:2222/api?firstname=Jerry&lastname=Clarkson&[email protected]&ops=%26%7C (translates to WHERE firstname = Jerry AND lastname = Clarkson OR email=[email protected]) The relative position of the "ops" parameter in the query does not matter.

   Also, the various number of parameters can be provided. For example, the following queries will be valid: http://localhost:2222/api?firstname=Jerry&lastname=Clarkson&ops=%26 http://localhost:2222/api?firstname=Jerry

#Update 1: Added support for JSON POST requests for the API. The "ops" property of the JSON object now defines boolean operators placed between parameters in the following strict order: "email" "firstname" "lastname".

api_client.py allows to send simple JSON POST requests. 
Usage: api_client.py [--url server_url] --firstname FirstName --lastname LastName --ops BoolOperators