RideRecon

The app that identifies any and all cars.

Dockerize API Calls with GCP

docker build -t gcr.io/riderecon/riderecon-api:latest .

Run the container locally

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name riderecon-container gcr.io/riderecon/riderecon-api:latest

View logs from the running container

docker logs riderecon-container

Test the health endpoint

curl http://localhost:8080/health

Test car identification (replace with path to an actual image)

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/identify \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"image": "'$(base64 -w 0 assets/images/GT3RS.jpg)'"}'

Stop and remove container when done

docker stop riderecon-container
docker rm riderecon-container

Push to GCP and Deploy to Cloud Run

Authenticate with GCP (if not already done)

gcloud auth login
gcloud auth configure-docker

Push the image to Google Container Registry docker push gcr.io/riderecon/riderecon-api:latest

Deploy to Cloud Run

gcloud run deploy riderecon-api \
  --image gcr.io/riderecon/riderecon-api:latest \
  --platform managed \
  --region northamerica-northeast1 \
  --allow-unauthenticated \
  --port 8080 \
  --memory 2Gi \
  --cpu 1

Update After Code Changes

After making code changes, rebuild and push

# Rebuild Docker image
docker build -t gcr.io/riderecon/riderecon-api:latest .

# Push to GCR
docker push gcr.io/riderecon/riderecon-api:latest

# Redeploy to Cloud Run
gcloud run deploy riderecon-api \
  --image gcr.io/riderecon/riderecon-api:latest \
  --platform managed \
  --region northamerica-northeast1 \
  --allow-unauthenticated \
  --port 8080 \
  --memory 2Gi \
  --cpu 1

Update the Cloud Run service

gcloud run services update riderecon-api \
  --image gcr.io/riderecon/riderecon-api:latest \
  --region northamerica-northeast1

Get the API URL

gcloud run services describe riderecon-api \
  --platform managed \
  --region northamerica-northeast1 \
  --format="value(status.url)"