README (Kombo Project)

To run the project, you will need Docker and Docker Compose installed on your machine.

You can install them from the following links:

• Docker: https://docs.docker.com/install/
• Docker Compose: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

After you have installed Docker (and Docker Compose), go to the autocomplete_server folder from terminal.

Once inside the folder, run the following command:

docker-compose up

• Note: You will need to wait a bit until the database and the server are set up (If you see Server listening and Connected to DB in the log in the terminal, you can proceed to the next steps)

Setting up the database

Open a separate terminal window and run the following command: (Note: you need to be inside the autocomplete_server folder)

docker-compose exec mysql bash setup_db.sh

Making requests to the autocomplete server

Now, to test that the autocomplete API works, you can make HTTP POST requests in a separate terminal window. To do so, run the following command:

curl -d "q=Pa" http://localhost:3000

• Note: you can change Pa query to some other string