API Gateway pattern

[iluwatar]

The example should demonstrate how to use API Gateway in microservices architecture as described here: http://microservices.io/patterns/apigateway.html

[TylerMcConville]

I can work on this issue.

[iluwatar]

👍 Great, please go ahead @TylerMcConville

[npathai]

@iluwatar @TylerMcConville I would suggest actually using Micro services architecture by deploying various services in separate docker or some other container and letting the API gateway communicate with appropriate service based on device type.

I agree this would be tedious but it would actually represent how pattern is utilized in production. We will need to figure out how to run docker instances while unit testing. Maybe we can mock them out or something.

Let me know what you think about this.

[npathai]

A good link: https://www.nginx.com/blog/building-microservices-using-an-api-gateway/

[TylerMcConville]

@npathai Sure, I can try to accomplish that. I'll investigate how we would be able to run the Docker instances while unit testing and see what I can come up with.

[npathai]

@TylerMcConville We don't necessarily need docker instances while unit testing. We can abstract the Services with interfaces and replace them with our mocks while unit testing.

[TylerMcConville]

Just a status update: I've got this pattern code complete, I'm just working on documentation, diagrams, and test coverage.

[npathai]

@TylerMcConville That's great 👍