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2025 Report: Destructive Malware in Open Source Packages
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The project is set up according to the Go standards, so commands such as go install and go build should work. You may need to install some dependencies, which godep might help with.
The port on which the server starts is taken from an environment variable, so after building, start with: PORT=1234 button.
POST /user - Creates a new user, returns a User object. Parameters: email, firstName, lastName.GET /user/:id - Retrieves a user with the given id.POST /user/:id/transfer - Creates a transfer for the given user. Parameters: amountGET /user/:id/transfers - Lists the transfers for the given user.$ curl -X POST https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user -d email=test@test.com -d firstName=Jack -d lastName=White
{"userId":1,"email":"test@test.com","firstName":"Jack","lastName":"White","points":0}
$ curl -X GET https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user/1
{"userId":1,"email":"test@test.com","firstName":"Jack","lastName":"White","points":0}
$ curl -X POST https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user/1/transfer -d amount=10
{"id":1,"userId":1,"amount":10}
$ curl -X GET https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user/1
{"userId":1,"email":"test@test.com","firstName":"Jack","lastName":"White","points":10}
$ curl -X GET https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user/1/transfers
[{"id":1,"userId":1,"amount":10}]
$ curl -X POST https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user/1/transfer -d amount=-20
{"error":"Insufficient points"}
$ curl -X POST https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user/1/transfer -d amount=-10
{"id":2,"userId":1,"amount":-10}
$ curl -X GET https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user/1
{"userId":1,"email":"test@test.com","firstName":"Jack","lastName":"White","points":0}
$ curl -X GET https://arcane-sands-6945.herokuapp.com/user/1/transfers
[{"id":1,"userId":1,"amount":10},{"id":2,"userId":1,"amount":-10}]
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