IDA recruitment test

IDA (InDex reAder) is an API for providing data from the well-known share indices (DAX & S&P). It is intended to represent an exemplary application that exists within Union Investment and is designed to test the basic programming skills of applicants.

Technically, Python 3 and FastAPI are used for the API. Both technologies allow fast and stable web service development.

Table of Contents

• Preparation
• Exercises
  • Excercise 1
  • Excercise 2
  • Excercise 3

Preparation

Before you start, you must:

• Install Python 3.10.x.
• Install Pipenv

To activate this project's virtualenv, run following command:

pipenv shell

Then install the whole project dependencies with:

pipenv install --dev

After successful installation the API can be started locally with the command:

uvicorn main:app --reload

You will now be able of accessing the API via your browser on http://127.0.0.1:8000.

Exercises

Please complete the exercises within one week and submit the results as previously agreed.We will discuss the task together in a subsequent interview. All tasks can be solved with the help of the documentation.

If you have direct questions about the Recrutiment Test, you can contact us directly via e-mail at [email protected].

Good luck with the exercises!

Excercise 1

Extend the API with another endpoint that should be accessible via the /getdata path. This endpoint is to return all share indices in a list page by page. Each page should contain a maximum of 30 elements.

Excercise 2

Please complete the create_upload_files method so that you can update share indices data at runtime. The data should be sent in the form of a CSV file using an HTTP POST request.

For example, the following curl command can be used for testing:

curl -d @daxsp.csv http://127.0.0.1:8000/uploadfile

Note in the documentation

Excercise 3

Finally, please write appropriate unit tests for your two tasks using the components provided by FastAPI. To do this, expand the test_main.py file. The tests can be run with the following command:

pytest

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