class PrizeService

# File lib/prize_service.rb, line 6
def self.getPrizesForCustomer(customerAccountNumber, customersChannelPackages)
        #  If the given account number is invalid your service should raise an invalid account number error.
        invalid_account_number = "Invalid Account Number ! !"
        raise invalid_account_number if !customerAccountNumber.is_a? Integer

        url = URI.parse('http://teamxhost/eligibility') #Defining the API url here

        param = {
             'customer_id' => customerAccountNumber #customer ID will be sent to the url to request the validity
        }

        begin
                response = Net::HTTP.post_form(url, param) #Requesting the API :expecting a successful response in a format ..eg { result: { eligibility: true } }
                        if response[:result][:eligibility] == true
                                return Eligibility.eligibility(customersChannelPackages) # A place to calculate the eligibility given the channel info, since true is responded
                        else
                                return "Customer is not eligible for any prize" #because our request was responded false at this pt for eligibility
                        end
                elsif response[:error]
                        return response[:error][:message] #One of the two messages expected here according to the spec
                end
        rescue
                return [] #  If the eligibility service fails for some other reason you should return an empty array.
        end