url-shortener

About

Simple URL shortener app built with gRPC using Golang backend server + Typescript (grpc-web). This is an opportunity for me to get started with protocol buffers + gRPC as opposed to REST APIs that I am accustomed to. There are 3 components, which tend to be common with grpc-web applications:

• go-server is the backend service
• envoy is the proxy
• fe-client is the frontend client

Currently hosted at: https://url.navaz.me

Build & Deploy

Using the command docker-compose up -d, all 3 services will initialise in the background. The port 4000 is for the frontend and the port 4001 is for the backend grpc-proxy container. There exists an nginx configuration file which proxies requests to their respective services (fe-client and envoy services).