Developing and Testing Microservices with Node and Docker

Build and Run the App

Set the Environment variables

$ export NODE_ENV=development

Register with the OpenWeatherMap API, and add the key as an environment variable:

$ export OPENWEATHERMAP_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY_HERE

Fire up the Containers

Build the images:

$ docker-compose build

Run the containers:

$ docker-compose up -d

Migrate and Seed

With the apps up, run:

$ sh migrate.sh

Sanity Check

Test out the following services...

(1) Users - http://localhost:3000

Endpoint	HTTP Method	CRUD Method	Result
/users/ping	GET	READ	pong
/users/register	POST	CREATE	add a user
/users/login	POST	CREATE	log in a user
/users/user	GET	READ	get user info

(2) Locations - http://localhost:3001

Endpoint	HTTP Method	CRUD Method	Result
/locations/ping	GET	READ	pong
/locations	GET	READ	get all locations
/locations/user	GET	READ	get all locations by user
/locations/:id	GET	READ	get a single location
/locations	POST	CREATE	add a single location
/locations/:id	PUT	UPDATE	update a single location
/locations/:id	DELETE	DELETE	delete a single location

(3) Web - http://localhost:3003

Endpoint	HTTP Method	CRUD Method	Result
/	GET	READ	render main page
/login	GET	READ	render login page
/login	POST	CREATE	log in a user
/register	GET	READ	render register page
/register	POST	CREATE	register a new user
/logout	GET	READ	log a user out
/add	POST	CREATE	add a new location
/user	GET	READ	get user info

(4) Locations Database and (5) Users Database

To access, get the container id from docker ps and then open psql:

$ docker exec -ti <container-id> psql -U postgres

(6) Functional Tests

With the app running, update the NODE_ENV environment variable and then run the tests:

$ export NODE_ENV=test
$ docker-compose up -d
$ docker-compose run tests npm test

Update NODE_ENV when you're ready to develop again:

$ export NODE_ENV=development
$ docker-compose up -d

Commands

To stop the containers:

$ docker-compose stop

To bring down the containers:

$ docker-compose down

Want to force a build?

$ docker-compose build --no-cache

Remove images:

$ docker rmi $(docker images -q)

Run unit and integration tests:

$ export NODE_ENV=test
$ docker-compose up -d
$ docker-compose -f docker-compose-test.yml run users-service npm test
$ docker-compose -f docker-compose-test.yml run locations-service npm test