Code Challenge - Micro-service with Node.js and Kafka

In this code challenge I developed a REST API in Node.js that integrates with a micro-service using Apache Kafka.

Microservice - Node.js and Kafka

• Kafka
• Node.js

Application

• Main api (station)
• Generate certificates

Flux

• The main api send message to the certificate service to generate certificates
• The certificate microservice send a response message (sync/ async)

How to communicate microservices

• REST (latency)
• Redis / RebbitMQ (pub/sub) kafka

Getting started

• Clone this repository;
• Move to the appropriate directory;
• Run yarn to install dependencies.
• Run yarn start.