An API Gateway Example Bringing Together Vue.js, Express, and Postgres

How it looks like in local

TODO: Add diagram for local development

How it will look like in AWS

Pre-requisites

The following items should be installed on your machine:

Docker (Containerization)
Docker Compose (Service Orchestration Locally)
NodeJS (API and GUI Development)
.NET Core (API Gateway Development)

Technology Stack

.NET Core
Node JS
VueJS
Express JS
Ocelot
PostgreSQL

Running Application

Run the following on the project root directory:

docker-compose up

Access GUI Locally

To access GUI, navigate to http://localhost:52793

To hit an API, navigate to http://localhost:52793/v1/api/users/list

Deploy Cloud Formation Stack via AWS CLI

# Navigate to scripts folder and run the following command
aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name my-stack-name \ 
  --template-body file://root-stack.yml --profile YOUR_AWS_PROFILE_NAME \ 
  --parameters ParameterKey=TemplateS3BucketUrl,ParameterValue=YOUR_S3_URL_HERE

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