State Server API

Install

This project is tested on a Go 1.10 but it may work on previous versions of Go starting 1.6

Cloning and building the source code

1. Run terminal and execute git clone https://github.com/rrborja/state-server
2. Enter the cloned project's main directory and execute go build
3. At this point, you must have the compiled executable state-server if you're on a UNIX-based OS.

Cloning and running the source code using Go

1. Run terminal and execute git clone https://github.com/rrborja/state-server
2. Enter the cloned project's main directory
3. Execute go run main.go

Installing directly using Go install

1. Run terminal and execute go run https://github.com/rrborja/state-server
2. Execute state-server

Usage

If you have installed the state-server through Option 1, you can perform:

1. If you are still in the working directory after Option 1, then in your terminal, run ./state-server &
2. Test the state server by checking if the given point is within Pennsylvania land by running curl -d "longitude=-77.036133&latitude=40.513799" http://localhost:8080/ while still in your current working directory
3. You should expect an output ["Pennsylvania"]