nestjs-kafka-microservice

Small microservice demo using kafka and nestjs

Try it out

Install dependencies for both nest apps:

• cd consumer-microservice && npm install
• cd api-message-producer && npm install

You can start the demo by:

• Bringing containers up: docker-compose up -d
• Starting API app: cd api-message-producer && npm run start:dev
• Starting the consumer microservice: cd consumer-microservice && npm run start:dev

Finaly just send a request!

• Post @ localhost:3000/<some_name>
• The consumer app should log an object with the following format: { name: some_name }

Debugging:

• You can connect directly to the kafka container and execute producer/consumer consoles. Example in makefile
• Kafdrop is included in the docker-compose file, you can access it by going to: localhost:19000