README Optimization of the Traveling-Salesman Problem based on a API RESTlike

This module allows you to find the best route given a set of points defined by their longitude & latitude.

The cost criteria Only one criterion at the moment: the distance between the requested points Other cost criteria could be considered in future version

Requirements

• cornice (1.0.0)
• waitress (0.8.9)
• python-gflags
• ortools
• gpsdistance (for testings only)

Launch with:

$ python pserve.py development.ini --reload

Components

The REST API lives in views.py.

Clients contact the tsp via REST/Json requests, on the three main views:

• / (POST for obtaining the route given a set of pairs of (latitude, longitude) coordinates)
• /credentials (POST for creating a new user - token -)
• /credentials (DELETE for removing a user)