Messenger Project

This project implements a simple messenger system with authentication and user management.

Project Structure

The project consists of several packages and files:

• cmd: Contains main applications for different services.
  • auth_service: Authentication service.
  • user_service: User management service.
  • message_service: Message exchangement service.
• internal: Contains internal packages and libraries.
  • handlers: HTTP request handlers for different endpoints.
  • lib: Libraries and utilities.
  • repository: Data access layer.
• domain: Contains domain models and error definitions.
• services: Business logic layer.

Setup and Installation

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ed16/messenger.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd messenger

3. Build and run the services using docker-compose:

colima start
cp .env_template .env
nano .env
docker-compose up

4. Use Postman with the following Postman collection for the test: postman_collection.json

Usage

The API endpoints provided by the services can be accessed through HTTP requests. Here are the available endpoints:

Authentication Service

• /auth/login: Login endpoint.
• /auth/validate-token: Token validation endpoint.

User Service

• /users: User management endpoints.
• /users/contacts: Add or retrieve user contacts.
• /users/profile: Update user profile details.

Messages

• /messages/user/{userId}: Send a personal message to a user.
• /messages/group/{groupId}: Send a message to a group.
• /messages/user/: Retrieve personal messages between users.
• /messages/group/: Retrieve messages from a group.
• /messages/user/{userId}/file: Send a media file to a user.
• /messages/group/{groupId}/file: Send a media file to a group.
• /messages/file: Retrieve media files from messages.

Tracing and Monitoring

Jaeger

Jaeger is available at the following link: http://localhost:16686/