Ensure you have a Ruby interpreter installed. (Developed and tested with Ruby versions 2.3.4 and 2.4.1)

Rubygems and bundler gem installed.

Ensure you start a shell in a user accessible folder.

Run the start scriipt:

$ ./start.sh

The application will be cloned, installed and started with server listening on localhost:3000

Check to see whether RubyGems is installed:

$ gem --version
2.6.10

If it is not installed, follow the instructions on Rubygems download page.

Then, check if bundler gem is installed:

$ gem list bundler

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

bundler (1.15.1, 1.14.6, 1.14.5, 1.14.3, 1.13.7)

Install bundler, if it is missing:

$ gem install bundler

Clone the git repository into a user accessible folder:

$ git clone https://github.com/texpert/flight_search.git

Navigate to application's root folder:

$ cd flight_search

Install application's bundle:

$ bundle install

Start the server:

$ puma -C config/puma.rb

After the server start, the backend could be accessed sending HTTP requests to http://localhost:3000

/airlines

$ curl "http://localhost:3000/airlines"

/airports

$ curl "http://localhost:3000/airports?q=Melbourne"

/search

curl "http://localhost:3000/search?from=Melbourne&to=Sydney&date=2018-09-02"