Lunch-Out Backend

This is a recommendation app for lunch places done as a technical exercise for a hiring process.

Instructions

Introduction

At [redacted] we love food, and we enjoy trying new places for lunch! Please help us by developing an application that suggests good restaurants to order from.

General:

backend:

• Rest API
• Authenticated (choose whichever methods seems safest to you)
• Validate inputs as much as possible

Inputs:

• Localisation
• Max distance from localisation
• Price range in euros
• Attendees - Take into account the attendees’ cuisine type preferences
  • Gilles likes: [ Italian, Lebanese, Japanese, Belgian]
  • Vince likes: [ Italian, Japanese, Lebanese ]
  • Sam likes: [ Belgian ]
  • Klaas likes: [ Japanese, Belgian ]
  • Gaelle likes: [ Japanese, Lebanese ]

Outputs:

• List of 10 best restaurants / places to lunch given the inputs
• Try to make it that the best matching restaurants come first, but you still allow suggestions for restaurants that match less