Chat API

A simple node with kafka and restify.js message service to work as a chat using a websocket to connect the Frontend Application

How it works?

When you write a message in the frontend application, the frontend app will send a post request to this backend service, at this post we will validate and use a producer to send this message to a kafka queue where a consumer (in anywhere) will consume the message and implement it's own solution, our solution is to use a websocket (provided by socket.io) to connect the frontend app and after the message be consumed, send it processed to the chat.

What do I need to run it?

• Docker
• Download this project and open the terminal in its folder

Docker commands to run this app

• After open the terminal in its folder, just type

docker build -t chat-api .

docker-compose -up

It will run at localhost:8080

Enjoy the project and any doubt, just contact me by email.