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A simple iOS app to show itineraries using the Skyscanner API
https://github.com/rcasanovan/skyscanner

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A simple iOS app to show itineraries using the Skyscanner API

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# Skyscanner App Recruitment test



Thanks for taking the time to do our app coding test. 



Please complete the challenge within 7 days.



You will find the files referenced in the instructions below in the supplied ZIP file (if it has not downloaded automatically, there is a download link is at the top of this screen).



The challenge has two parts:



1) a task to create a basic flight search UI and necessary network component that speaks to our 'live pricing' API



2) some follow-up questions - see the file `./FOLLOW-UP.md`



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Feel free to spend as much or as little time as you'd like, as long as the following have been met:



* Your implementation works as described in the Task section below, retrieving results from our API (details below).



* Your solution looks like the provided in the `/designs/results.png` file.



* You are encouraged to add code and files to your submission. Edits to the README.md or design files (made available as images) will be ignored.



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## Task



- Use our 'live pricing' API to find **return flights from Edinburgh to London, departing next Monday and returning the following day**.



- In order to successfully call the API you can find the details in the api section below



- Use the returned data to display a page of results that matches the design provided.



## Design



We've provided a design for phone layout (see `/designs/results.png`). Don't worry about tackling tablet screens.



Don't worry about implementing menu functionality or sorting/filtering/alerting - these controls can be display-only.



You can see the designs both as png and as sketch, which you can use to see the more specific details. (You can download sketch from [here](https://www.sketchapp.com/))



For the airline logos, try the favicon size per code: e.g. https://logos.skyscnr.com/images/airlines/favicon/EZ.png



## Client implementation



Feel free to choose what technology or 3rd party libraries you use during the implementation.



The iOS project that you create should be put into the app folder (you can use Objective-C or Swift too).



## API implementation



You will need to call a real Skyscanner API for this task.



Please use the API key: **ss630745725358065467897349852985** to call the API.



The underlying Skyscanner [API documentation is available here](https://skyscanner.github.io/slate/#flights-live-prices) and a [test harness is provided](http://business.skyscanner.net/portal/en-GB/Documentation/FlightsLivePricingQuickStart) for you to try queries out.



You can use the Skyscanner `sky` location schema, and the `EDI-sky` and `LOND-sky` placenames in your query.



The API will return collections of different items:



* **Itineraries** - These are the container for your trips, tying together **Legs**, and **prices**. Prices are offered by an **agent** - an airline or travel agent.



* **Legs** - These are journeys (outbound, return) with **duration**, and **carriers**[1](#footnote1). These contain one or more **Segments** and **stops**.



* **Segments** - Individual flight information with directionality.



A good structure to represent trip options would be hierarchical:



```

Itineraries

  Legs

    Segments

```



Your key will be rate-limited to ~5 queries per minute.



```

If you can't find certain information in the service response,

it's fine to leave them static or do a client side calculation if possible

(eg cheapest, shortest, customer satisfaction score, "X bookings required")

```



## Submission Guidelines



* Please re-zip the top level folder: `app-recruitment-test-master` to create a `app-recruitment-test-master.zip` file.



* Where possible retain the folder structure provided. You can of course create additional folders and files but ideally you should not reorganise the supplied files.



* The zip file should contain the [FOLLOW-UP.md](./FOLLOW-UP.md) file with answers to the follow-up questions.



* Please exclude generated files from your submission. When we review your code it will be built in Xcode. Please use a stable, non-beta version of Xcode for the development.



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Inspiration for the test format taken with ❤️ from [JustEat's recruitment test](https://github.com/justeat/JustEat.RecruitmentTest).