README.md

camera_problem

assuming all endpoints will return json as content.

assuming 200 is the only vaild status code which we expected.

currently solution:

main function is the app.domain.api_handlers.camera_stats(), it take a big list of camera_id, async call the API and merge all result into another big list, process it and give analysis result.

steps to make it work on prod:

1. need to add auth in API call. fetch_data_async() may need include auth info from internal lib.
2. replace domain.com/camera/{}/ to real endpoint.
3. call app.domain.api_handlers.camera_stats() and pass camera_id list in.
4. setup on the wire tests if we have any.

still existed problem:

when image and camera list getting huge, it will have bottleneck on memory. do not have retry system yet.

some possible improvement if have more time:

• use two queue system, retriever( include camera_id) and analyser( include raw_response_data)

  • grequest will consume retriever queue, push data to analyser queue (need to modify all helper functions, take reference of two queues instead of taking big list itself)
  • grequest will push url item back to retriever queue if cannot fetch anything, and +1 on retry times. discard item if retry times over limit.
  • analysis_camera_data() will consume analyser queue, update data, and when the queue is empty return result.
  • only have exprience implementing this kind of structure in golang. not sure what we can use in python side. may need a 1 day spike to find out if needed.

• use requests.session to add retry. but it may not work for current imap. need further verification.