static void Main(string[] args)
{
//I chose to write this as a console app because it was both simple (as in the exercise wouldn't get lost in the boilerplate of the project)
// and because console apps can very practically be converted into azure web jobs, which would be a likely method to employ this code.
if (args.Length < 1)
{
Console.WriteLine("You must pass the root service URL as a parameter to this exe");
}
else
{
string rootServiceURL = args[0];
SubstitutionController c = new SubstitutionController();
List <RxModel> prescriptions = c.GetRxList(rootServiceURL + "prescriptions");
//We may want to limit the number we process at any given time.
//List<RxModel> subsetOfPrescriptions = prescriptions.GetRange(1, 10);
List <RxUpdateModel> updates = c.GenerateRxSubstituionList(rootServiceURL, prescriptions);
//convert the result set to a string
string jsonResult = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(updates);
//the secnario wasn't precisely clear how the output was to be formatted
// (written to a file? submitted to another service?), so for now I'm outputting it to the console.
Console.Write(jsonResult);
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
public void TestGenerateSubstitutionList()
{
//set up
SubstitutionController c = new SubstitutionController();
string serviceRootURL = "http://api-sandbox.pillpack.com/";
List <RxModel> prescriptions = c.GetRxList(serviceRootURL + "prescriptions");
List <RxModel> subsetOfPrescriptions = prescriptions.GetRange(1, 10); //for testing purposes, only do the first 10.
//execute
List <RxUpdateModel> updates = c.GenerateRxSubstituionList(serviceRootURL, subsetOfPrescriptions);
//test
Assert.IsTrue(updates.Count > 0);
}