FreeCodeCamp API Backend Project: Timestamp microservice timestamp-microservice-absk

Get unix and natural timestamp.

Challenge: https://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/timestamp-microservice

User stories:

1. I can pass a string as a parameter, and it will check to see whether that string contains either a unix timestamp or a natural language date (example: January 1, 2016). — DONE
   https://timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me/api/ts/January 1, 2016

    {
      "unix": 1451606400,
      "natural": "January 01, 2016"
    }

2. If it does, it returns both the Unix timestamp and the natural language form of that date. — DONE
   https://timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me/api/ts/1451606400

    {
      "unix": 1451606400,
      "natural": "January 01, 2016"
    }

3. If it does not contain a date or Unix timestamp, it returns null for those properties. — DONE
   https://timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me/api/ts/random

    {
      "unix": null,
      "natural": null
    }

Additional Features:

1. If url is /api/ts without any timestamp, then respond with the current time. — DONE
   https://timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me/api/ts

    {
      "unix": 1523406140,
      "natural": "April 11, 2018"
    }

Usage

API_HOST: timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me
API_VERSION: v1
API_ROOT: /api

OUTPUT

{
  "unix": <time in seconds> e.g. 1492905600 or null
  "natural": "Month Day, Year" e.g. "April 23, 2017" or null
}

Example

https://timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me/api

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Timestamp API

GET /timestamp
GET /ts

https://timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me/api/timestamp/:timestring
https://timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me/api/ts/:timestring

• :timestring - Unix timestamp or natural time
  e.g. Jan 1, 2050, 28th February 1995, 1448928000, etc.

Example

https://timestamp-microservice-absk.glitch.me/api/ts/1448928000

TODO

1. Support for relative time /ts/{now,latest,today,yesterday,a year ago, etc}.
2. Frontend of the API timeserver for easy getting the time.
3. Have a great design of the frontend.
4. If url is /api, then repond with a JSON document with an error and a documention_url field directing to the relevant documentation of the timeserver.
5. Add authentication and limit based on the authenticated user priviledges