Map Challenge

Bonus points if you can guess which city each color represents on the map above and tell us the methodology you used to figure it out.

User Coordinates / Server Lookup get a list of user coordinates and the WP servers they are connected to.

https://ac-map.automattic.com/?g=wpcom&cc=&callback=jsonpcallback
https://ac-map.automattic.com/?g=[SERVICE]&cc=[COUNTRY_CODE]&callback=[CALLBACK_FUNCTION]

Anycast Map contains a script block with the answer

https://ac-map.automattic.com/?w=589h=295
https://ac-map.automattic.com/?w=[WIDTH]h=[HEIGHT]

dcss["dfw"] = new Array(255,255,255);     //	#FFFFFF White
dcss["dca"] = new Array(240,163,255);     // 	#F0A3FF	Amethyst
dcss["lax"] = new Array(0,117,220);       // 	#0075DC Blue
dcss["ord"] = new Array(153,63,0);        // 	#993F00	Caramel
dcss["sjc"] = new Array(76,0,92);         // 	#4C005C	Damson
dcss["UND"] = new Array(25,25,25);        // 	#191919	Ebony - too hard to see on black bg
dcss["mxp"] = new Array(0,92,49);         // 	#005C31	Forest
dcss["nrt"] = new Array(43,206,72);       // 	#2BCE48	Green
dcss["arn"] = new Array(255,204,153);     // 	#FFCC99	Honeydew
dcss["atl"] = new Array(128,128,128);     // 	#808080	Iron
dcss["jnb"] = new Array(148,255,181);     // 	#94FFB5	Jade
dcss["sea"] = new Array(143,124,0);       // 	#8F7C00	Khaki
dcss["bur"] = new Array(157,204,0);       // 	#9DCC00	Lime
dcss["5am"] = new Array(194,0,136);       // 	#C20088	Mallow
dcss["ewr"] = new Array(0,51,128);        // 	#003380	Navy
dcss["sat"] = new Array(255,164,5);       // 	#FFA405	Orpiment
dcss["hkg"] = new Array(255,168,187);     // 	#FFA8BB	Pink
dcss["syd"] = new Array(66,102,0);        // 	#426600	Quagmire
dcss["lhr"] = new Array(255,0,16);        // 	#FF0010	Red
dcss["fra"] = new Array(94,241,242);      // 	#5EF1F2	Sky
dcss["den"] = new Array(0,153,143);       // 	#00998F	Turquoise
dcss["mad"] = new Array(224,255,102);     // 	#E0FF66	Uranium
dcss["kix"] = new Array(116,10,255);      // 	#740AFF	Violet
dcss["cdg"] = new Array(153,0,0);         // 	#990000	Wine
dcss["vie"] = new Array(255,255,128);     // 	#FFFF80	Xanthin
dcss["mia"] = new Array(255,255,0);       // 	#FFFF00	Yellow
dcss["gru"] = new Array(255,80,5);        // 	#FF5005	Zinnia
dcss["bom"] = new Array(191,255,0);       // 	#BFFF00	Light Lime
dcss["tpe"] = new Array(220,20,60);       // 	#DC143C	Crimson
dcss["yyz"] = new Array(255,127,80);      //  #FF7F50	Coral
dcss["sin"] = new Array(252,15,192);      //  #FC0FC0 Hot Pink
dcss["ams"] = new Array(255,165,0);       //  #FC0FC0 Orange

Get Request Challenge

When you make a GET request to: https://public-api.wordpress.com/wpcom/v2/work-with-us with a header X-future: automattician you will receive a secret. What is it?

Open Terminal and enter:

curl https://public-api.wordpress.com/wpcom/v2/work-with-us -H "X-future: automattician"

Response:

{"secret":"YYYY-MM-DD-XXXXXXXXXX"}

Saw-mon-and-Natalie/automattician_challenge_hints.md

Map Challenge

Get Request Challenge