🚀 Orders Microservice in GoLang

Overview

Welcome to the Orders Microservice! This project is a RESTful API built with GoLang, designed to handle CRUD operations for orders and items. The service is engineered for high performance, leveraging Go-Chi for efficient routing and Redis for fast data storage. Deployment is containerized using Docker, ensuring seamless cross-platform compatibility.

Features

• 🔗 RESTful API: Perform Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations on orders and items with clean, intuitive endpoints.
• ⚙️ Go-Chi Router: Optimized routing for handling HTTP requests efficiently.
• 📦 Redis Integration: Utilized as the primary data store with custom environment configurations for flexibility.
• 🐳 Dockerized: The entire service runs smoothly in Docker containers, supporting cross-platform deployment.

Project Structure

├── cmd/
│   └── main.go        # Entry point of the service
├── pkg/
│   ├── orders/        # Order-related operations
│   ├── items/         # Item-related operations
│   └── router/        # API routing logic using Go-Chi
├── config/
│   └── config.go      # Configuration settings for Redis and other environments
├── Dockerfile         # Docker setup for containerizing the service
├── go.mod             # Go module dependencies
└── README.md          # Project documentation

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• GoLang 1.16+
• Docker
• Redis

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/orders-microservice.git
   cd orders-microservice
   

2. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t orders-microservice .
   

3. Run the Docker container:

   docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name orders-service orders-microservice
   

4. Access the service: Open your browser or use Postman to access the API at http://localhost:8080.

Configuration

Configure the Redis server address and port in the config/config.go file:

RedisAddress = "localhost:6379"
RedisPassword = ""

API Endpoints

• GET /orders - Retrieve all orders
• POST /orders - Create a new order
• GET /orders/{id} - Retrieve a specific order
• PUT /orders/{id} - Update an existing order
• DELETE /orders/{id} - Delete an order

Deployment

Deploying this service is as easy as running it in a Docker container. The provided Dockerfile ensures that all dependencies are installed, and the service is ready to run on any platform that supports Docker.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests for improvements and new features.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.