redis-project

Simple API that uses Redis as cache. Besides, this project consumes the Oxford Dictionaries API.

Usage

1. Environment variables

First, create a .env file in the root of the project.

Then, add these variables: HOSTNAME PORT OXFORD_DICTIONARY_API_URL APP_ID APP_KEY

2. Building the app's image

docker build -t redis-project .

3. Running the container

docker run -it --rm -p 80:3000 redis-project

4. Rest Client (Optional)

After installing the Rest Client extension on vscode, open the requests.rest file to send HTTP requests.

How it works

1. Redis

Redis is a server that provides data structures in order to cache our data. We can use it as a database, cache or message broker.