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Domain

Python

Difficulty

medium

Seniority

L4

Problem

Parse Nginx combined-format log lines. Return a 2-element list: [status_counts_dict, top_3_paths_list]. status_counts maps each status code (as string) to its count. top_3_paths lists the three most-requested paths (query strings stripped) in descending count; tie-break by path alphabetically. If fewer than 3 distinct paths exist, return all of them.

Summary

Make sense of a pile of raw Nginx access logs.

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