Pyramid Word

This is a web application with a REST API, which could be used to check whether a word is a pyramid word or not.

Pre-requisits

• Java 1.8
• Maven
• Tomcat version 6 or above

Configuration and Installation

1. Checkout the Pyramid repository

git clone https://github.com/charitha306/Pyramid.git

2. Build the module

cd Pyramid
mvn clean install

3. Copy the .war file to tomcat/webapps folder

cp target/pyramid-word.war CATALINA_HOME/webapps/pyramid-word.war

4. Start tomcat server

cd CATALINA_HOME/bin
sh catalina.sh start

Pyramid REST API

Request

GET /pyramid-word/api/ispyramid?word=<word>

Response

Status	Response
200	{"isPyramid": <true/false>}
400	{"error": "Request must contain a word" / "Invalid word - must contain only lower case letters"}
500	Internal server error