Timestamp Microservice
Convert date strings to Unix timestamps and a natural language (RFC-1123) format.
How it Works
This microservice uses Moment to validate input and format output and koa-router to capture path parameters and, along with Koa, serve requests.
Valid Formats
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
| Unix Timestamp | 1450137600 |
| ISO-8601 | 2015-12-25 |
Note: Unix timestamps have precedence over the ISO-8601 format, so a string such as "20130208" will be parsed as a unix timestamp.
How to Use
app.js exports a Koa app. Koa apps have an app.listen() method that is
identical to Node's http.Server.listen().
Import app.js and call app.listen() to start up the microservice.
API Resources
GET /
Returns a Timestamp object based on the current time.
REQUEST
Sample: https://timestamp-microservice.example.com/
RESPONSE
Status: 200 - application-json
Response:
{
"unix": 1498953600,
"natural": "Sun, 02 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT"
}
GET /:date
Returns a Timestamp object based on date.
REQUEST
Sample: https://timestamp-microservice.example.com/1450137600
RESPONSE
Status: 200 - application-json
Response:
{
"unix": 1450137600,
"natural": "Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT"
}