start work on racerHEADmaster

2 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/racer.go b/racer.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func Racer(a, b string) (winner string) {
+	aDuration := measureResponseTime(a)
+	bDuration := measureResponseTime(b)
+
+	if aDuration < bDuration {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func measureResponseTime(url string) time.Duration {
+	start := time.Now()
+	http.Get(url)
+	return time.Since(start)
+}
diff --git a/racer_test.go b/racer_test.go
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+++ b/racer_test.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestRacer(t *testing.T) {
+	slowServer := makeDelayedServer(20 * time.Millisecond)
+	fastServer := makeDelayedServer(0 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	defer slowServer.Close()
+	defer fastServer.Close()
+
+	slowUrl := slowServer.URL
+	fastUrl := fastServer.URL
+
+	want := fastUrl
+	got := Racer(slowUrl, fastUrl)
+
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func makeDelayedServer(delay time.Duration) *httptest.Server {
+	return httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		time.Sleep(delay)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+}