Microservices FastAPI Backend Base

This repository will be used as the base for the microservice architecture backend for the mock interview project.

Architecture

• app: Responsible for handling the FastAPI application.
  • database: Responsible for handling the database operations.
    • models: Responsible for handling the database models.
    • repository: Responsible for handling the database operations for a specific entity.
  • services: Responsible for handling the business logic.
  • routes: Responsible for handling the API routes.
  • utils: Responsible for handling the utility functions.
  • types: Responsible for handling the type definitions for request and response payloads and broker messages.
  • dependencies.py: Responsible for handling the dependencies and middlewares.

Broker

In the services directory, there is a broker directory that is responsible for handling the communication between the services. The broker is divided into two parts:

• events: Responsible for handling the events between the services.
• rpc: Responsible for handling the Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) between the services.

Setup

1. Clone the repository.

2. Create a virtual environment.

python3 -m venv .venv

3. Activate the virtual environment.

source .venv/bin/activate # Linux or macOS
.venv\Scripts\activate # Windows

4. Install the dependencies.

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Start the docker containers.

docker-compose up -d

6. Setup the environment variables in the .env file.

7. Run the FastAPI application.

python3 -m app