Question & Answer Microservice

A modernized back end system able to withstand web scale traffic loads for an existing retail web application.

Route Endpoints

This microservice handles requests from the following routes related to the question and answer section of the retail site:

• /products/:product_id
• /products/:product_id/styles
• /products/:product_id/related

Installation:

Install Dependencies

• run the command npm install in the project root.

Setup environment variables

• create a local file .env using example.env as a template.

  • .env is listed in the .gitignore file and thus will not be added to Git's source control
  • populate this new .env file with the required values for your local machine

  Running the Server:

• in the terminal, run the following command:

  • npm run server-dev