Usage

Access the API documentation for live testing the abbreviation methods.

abbreviate method

Abbreviates a word into a desired number of characters.

Sample call

Abbreviating a word "abbreviation" into 5 characters length:

https://abbreviation.vialab.science.uoit.ca/abbreviate?word=abbreviation&length=5

Returns:

{
word: "abbreviation",
abbr: "abbrv",
length: 5
}

You can also abbreviate multiple words:

https://abbreviation.vialab.science.uoit.ca/abbreviate?word=abbreviation%20of%20multiple%20words&length=20

Returns:

{
word: "abbreviation of multiple words",
abbr: "abbri of mltpl words",
length: 20
}

abbreviatelist method

This receives a batch of words and their respective desired lengths.

Sample call

Abbreviates a given JSON object containing a list of words and their length.

https://abbreviation.vialab.science.uoit.ca/abbreviatelist

Sample object:

[{
  "word": "abbreviation",
  "length": 5
},
{
  "word": "abbreviation of multiple words",
  "length": 20
}]

Returns:

[{
  word: "abbreviation",
  abbr: "abbrv",
  length: 5
},
{
  word: "abbreviation of multiple words",
  abbr: "abbri of mltpl words",
  length: 20
}]

Algorithm details

For details on how the algorithm decides on which letter to drop and keep, please refer to project page.

Swagger generated server - technical details

Overview

This server was generated by the swagger-codegen project. By using the OpenAPI-Spec from a remote server, you can easily generate a server stub.

Running the server

To run the server, run:

npm start

To view the Swagger UI interface:

open http://localhost:10010/

This project leverages the mega-awesome swagger-tools middleware which does most all the work.

Modifying the controllers

The API supports two main functions; abbreviating a word, and abbreviating a list. The API entry point (controller) to the Abbreviation On Demand algorithm can be found at:

./api/swagger.yaml
./controllers/aod.js

In the controller NodeJS file (aod.js), the module exports are mappings between the /paths (swagger.yaml) and specific javascript functions that support input for processing output from the algorithm. As the algorithm is able to function as a stand alone library, wrapper functions within the NodeJS file have also been provided to exemplify how simply the Abbreviation On Demand algorithm can be integrated.

Abbreviation On Demand specific core functionality (modified for NodeJS support) can be found in:

./abbOnDemand.js