Technical Test from Rainforest

Rainforest Test

const url = require("url");

// first draft solution
const solveFirstTry = async () => {
  const baseURL = "https://www.letsrevolutionizetesting.com/challenge.json";

  let id = null;
  let isThisTheEnd = false;

  do {
    let request = baseURL;

    if (id) {
      request = `${baseURL}?id=${id}`;
    }

    console.log("hitting: ", request);

    const response = await fetch(request);
    const result = await response.json();

    if (result.follow) {
      const { query } = url.parse(result.follow, true);

      id = query.id;
    } else {
      isThisTheEnd = true;
      console.log("\n\n");
      console.log(result.message);
    }
  } while (!isThisTheEnd);
};


// in case you wanted recursion solution
const solveOptimized = () => {
  const baseURL = "https://www.letsrevolutionizetesting.com/challenge.json";

  const solve = async (id) => {
    let request = baseURL;
    if (id) {
      request = `${baseURL}?id=${id}`;
    }

    console.log("hitting: ", request);

    const response = await fetch(request);
    const result = await response.json();

    if (result.follow) {
      const { query } = url.parse(result.follow, true);

      return solve(query.id);
    } else {
      return result.message;
    }
  };

  solve().then((result) => console.log("\n\n%s", result));
};


// they both work the same
Math.random() > 0.5 ? solveFirstTry() : solveOptimized();