Prerequisite

Node 18
cURL
Docker 20.10.14 or higher (to run locally)

Introduction

If you have gone through the Explore Kalix Virtaully journey, you are all set to :

However, if you would like to better understand the Kalix Developer Experience and how to build applications on Kalix, here is more details on the same-use.

Kalix Trial - eCommerce - TypeScript

Designing Kalix Services

Use case

eCommerce use case is a simple shopping cart example consisting of product stock and shopping cart. Product stock models stock (simple quantity) of products that are being sold and Shopping Cart models list of products customer intends to buy.
In this exercise the focus is on implementing Product Stock functionalities

Product Stock

Data model:

quantity

Note: Product stock data model does not hold the productId because the HTTP/REST API is designed around productId itself. Operations:

CREATE/READ/UPDATE/DELETE product stock

Kalix components

Kalix components are building blocks used to abstract functionalities.
In this use case we are going to use a Kalix component called Entity.

Entity:

component for modeling of data and data business logic operations
removes complexities around data:
- caching
- concurrency
- distributed locking
simplifies data modeling, business logic implementation with out-of-the box scalability, resilience Kalix provides other components that are not used in this use case and more details can be found in Kalix documentation:

Design Product Stock Kalix service

Product Stock Service

implements Product Stock functionalities
Kalix component used: Entity

ProductStock Entity

models one product stock instance and business logic operations over that one instance

Data model

quantity

API

HTTP/RES
Endpoints:
- Create POST /product-stock/{productId}/create
  
  Request (JSON):
  - quantity (int)
  Response (JSON): {}
- Read GET /product-stock/{productId}/get Request (JSON): No body
  
  Response (JSON):
  - quantity (int)
- Update PUT /product-stock/{productId}/update
  
  Request (JSON):
  - quantity (int)
  Response (JSON): {}
- Delete DELETE /product-stock/{productId}/delete
  
  Request (JSON): No body
  
  Response (JSON): {}

Kickstart Kalix development project

Execute in command line:

npx @kalix-io/create-kalix-entity@1.1.0 kalix-trial-shoppingcart-ts --typescript

And then:

 cd kalix-trial-shoppingcart-ts

 npm install

Generated project structure:

package.json with all pre-configured dependencies required development, testing and packaging of Kalix service code
node_modules all modules required for development, testing and packaging of Kalix service code
proto directory with Kalix protobuf examples

Note: delete Kalix protobuf example files (counter_api.proto, domain/counter_domain.proto).

Define data structure

Create directory productstock in proto
Create protobuf file productstock_domain.proto in src/main/protobuf/productstock
Add ProductStock protobuf definition that represents ProductStock data structure that is persisted:

syntax = "proto3";
package com.example.shoppingcart.productstock;
message ProductStock{
    int32 quantity = 1;
}

Define API - Product Stock Entity API

Create protobuf file productstock_api.proto in src/main/protobuf/productstock
Add protobuf definitions represending Product Stock API requests:

syntax = "proto3";

import "google/protobuf/empty.proto";
import "kalix/annotations.proto";
import "google/api/annotations.proto";

import "productstock/productstock_domain.proto";

package com.example.shoppingcart.productstock;

message CreateProductStockRequest {
  string product_id = 1 [(kalix.field).entity_key = true];
  int32 quantity = 2;
}

message UpdateProductStockRequest {
  string product_id = 1 [(kalix.field).entity_key = true];
  int32 quantity = 2;
}

message DeleteProductStockRequest {
  string product_id = 1 [(kalix.field).entity_key = true];
}

message GetProductStock {
  string product_id = 1 [(kalix.field).entity_key = true];
}

Add protobuf definition for a Product Stock GRPC service with corresponding rpc methods representing each endpoint

service ProductStockService {
  rpc Create(CreateProductStockRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
  rpc Get(GetProductStock) returns (ProductStock);
  rpc Update(UpdateProductStockRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
  rpc Delete(DeleteProductStockRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
  }

Exposing HTTP/REST endpoints from GRPC service using GRPC Transcoding HTTP/JSON to GRPC

service ProductStockService {
  rpc Create(CreateProductStockRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty){
    option (google.api.http) = {
      post: "/product-stock/{product_id}/create"
      body: "*"
    };
  }
  rpc Get(GetProductStock) returns (ProductStock){
    option (google.api.http) = {
      get: "/product-stock/{product_id}/get"
    };
  }
  rpc Update(UpdateProductStockRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty){
    option (google.api.http) = {
      put: "/product-stock/{product_id}/update"
      body: "*"
    };
  }
  rpc Delete(DeleteProductStockRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty){
    option (google.api.http) = {
      delete: "/product-stock/{product_id}/delete"
    };
  }
}

Add default ACL policy

Default ACL policy needs to be added.

Create file kalix_policy.proto in proto
Add this content to the file

syntax = "proto3";
import "kalix/annotations.proto";
option (kalix.file).acl = {
    allow: {}
};

Note: more info about ACL (Access Control List)

Implementing business logic

Code generation

Code generation from protobuf definitions Kalix node module uses defined protobuf definitions to build required codebase where business logic can be developed in.
Kalix node module needs to be configured using custom kalix protobuf definition:

service ProductStockService {
  option (kalix.codegen) = {
    value_entity: {
      name: "com.example.shoppingcart.productstock.ProductStockEntity"
      entity_type: "product-stock"
      state: "com.example.shoppingcart.productstock.ProductStock"
    }
  };

value_entity configures key-value as a durable storage model
name configures the name of the Entity class that is being generated
entity_type configures the entity type reference name that can be used to reference Entity in other Kalix components
state configures the reference to ProductStock protobuf definition defined in productstock_domain.proto

Generate code using Kalix node module:

npm run build

Generated code:

lib/generated folder containing Kalix generated help resources
src/index.ts file controlled by Kalix module that bootstraps
src/productstockentity.ts skeleton file where business logic needs to be developed in
test/productstockentity.test.ts skeleton mocha test file where unit tests need to be developed in

ProductStockEntity business logic

Generated file src/productstockentity.ts provides skeleton methods that need to be implemented for each endpoint.
We need to add GrpcStatus import to be able to use it in our business logic for returning NOT_FOUND error status:

import {GrpcStatus} from "@kalix-io/kalix-javascript-sdk";

`create` endpoint

Business logic for create is to persist product stock data if not yet exists. In other cases returns an ERROR.

Create(command, state, ctx) {
if(state == ProductStock.create({})) {
  ctx.updateState(ProductStock.create({quantiy: command.quantity}));
  return Reply.message({});
}
return Reply.failure("Already created");
}

`get` endpoint

Business logic for get is to get product stock data if it exists and if not return not found error.

Get(command, state, ctx) {
if(state == ProductStock.create({}))
  return Reply.failure("Not found", GrpcStatus.NotFound);
return Reply.message(state);
}

`update` endpoint

Business logic for update is to update product stock data if product was already created. If product is not found, return NOT FOUND error.

Update(command, state, ctx) {
if(state == ProductStock.create({})) {
  return Reply.failure("Not found", GrpcStatus.NotFound);
}
state.quantity = command.quantity;
ctx.updateState(state);
return Reply.message({});
}

`delete` endpoint

Business logic for delete is delete data if product stock exists and return NOT FOUND error if not. Here the soft delete is done by updating the state to ProductStock.create({}).

Delete(command, state, ctx) {
if(state == ProductStock.create({})) {
  return Reply.failure("Not found", GrpcStatus.NotFound);
}
state = ProductStock.create({});
ctx.updateState(state);
return Reply.message({});
}

Test

Kalix comes with very rich test kit for unit and integration testing of Kalix code.

Test kit provides help (custom assertions, mocks,...) with:

unit testing of individual Kalix components (e.g Entity) in isolation
integration testing in Kalix Platform simulated environment in isolation
Allows easy test automation with very high test coverage

Unit test

Kalix SDK uses MochaJS and for building unit tests and ChaiJS for assertion.

Edit test/productstockentity.test.ts
Delete all tests instead of handle command Create
Add following test code:

describe("Create", () => {
    it("should...", async () => {
      const entity = new MockValueEntity(productstockentity, entityId);
      const productId = "prod1";
      let quantity = 10;
      const createResult = await entity.handleCommand("Create",
          {
              productId: productId,
              quantity: quantity
          }
      );
      expect(entity.error).to.be.undefined;
      expect(createResult).to.deep.equals({});
      // @ts-ignore
      expect(entity.state.quantity).to.deep.equal(quantity);
    });
});

MockValueEntity is used to mock the behaviour of an Entity.

Run the unit test:

npm run test

Integration test

Kalix test kit for integration testing runs code using test containers to simulate Kalix Platform runtime environment. Integration test uses generated grpc client.

Create file test/productstock.integration-test.ts
Add following test code:

import { IntegrationTestkit } from "@kalix-io/testkit";

const testkit = new IntegrationTestkit();

import {expect} from "chai"

import productstockentity from "../src/productstockentity";

testkit.addComponent(productstockentity);

function client() {
    return testkit.clients.ProductStockService;
}

describe("ProductStockService",  function () {
    this.timeout(60000);

    before(done => testkit.start(done));
    after(done => testkit.shutdown(done));

    it("Create", async () => {
        const productId = "prod1";
        let quantity = 1;
        await client().createAsync({productId: productId, quantity: quantity});

        const get = await client().getAsync({productId: productId});
        expect(get.quantity).to.deep.equal(quantity);
    });
})

Run the integration test:

npm run test

Run locally in prod-like environment

Run the Kalix Proxy container:

docker-compose up

Run Kalix service locally:

npm run start

This command runs the Kalix service locally and exposes it on localhost:9000.

Test

Testing using CURL:

Create product:

curl -XPOST -d '{ 
  "quantity": 10
}' http://localhost:9000/product-stock/apple/create -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Result:

"{}"

Get product:

curl -XGET http://localhost:9000/product-stock/apple/get

Result:

{"quantity":10}

Update product:

curl -XPUT -d '{
"quantity": 20
}' http://localhost:9000/product-stock/apple/update -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Result:

"{}"

Delete product:

curl -XDELETE http://localhost:9000/product-stock/apple/delete

Result:

"{}"

Deploy and run on Kalix Platform on Cloud Provider of your choice

Install Kalix CLI https://docs.kalix.io/setting-up/index.html#_1_install_the_kalix_cli
Kalix CLI
Register (FREE)
```
kalix auth signup
```
Note: Following command will open a browser where registration information can be filled in
Login
```
kalix auth login
```
Note: Following command will open a browser where authentication approval needs to be provided
Create a project
```
kalix projects new ecommerce --region=gcp-us-east1
```
Note: gcp-is-east1 is currently the only available region for deploying trial projects. For non-trial projects you can select Cloud Provider and regions of your choice
Authenticate local docker for pushing docker image to Kalix Container Registry (KCR)
```
kalix auth container-registry configure
```
Note: The command will output Kalix Container Registry (KCR) path that will be used to configure dockerImage in pom.xml
Extract Kalix user username
```
kalix auth current-login
```

Note: The command will output Kalix user details and column USERNAME will be used to configure dockerImage in pom.xml
3. Configure dockerImage path in package.json Replace my-docker-repo in dockerImage in package.json with:
Kalix Container Registry (KCR) path + / + USERNAME + /ecommerce
Example where Kalix Container Registry (KCR) path is kcr.us-east-1.kalix.io and USERNAME is myuser:

"dockerImage": "kcr.us-east-1.kalix.io/myuser/ecommerce/kalix-trial-shoppingcart-ts"

Deploy service in Kalix project:

npm run deploy

This command will:

execute tests
package into a docker image
push the docker image to Kalix docker registry
trigger service deployment by invoking Kalix CLI

Check deployment:

kalix service list

Result:

kalix service list                                                                         
NAME                                         AGE    REPLICAS   STATUS        IMAGE TAG                     
kalix-trial-shoppingcart-ts                  50s    0          Ready         0.0.1

Note: When deploying service for the first time it can take up to 1 minute for internal provisioning

Proxy connection to Kalix service via Kalix CLI

Proxy connection to Kalix service via Kalix CLI

kalix service proxy kalix-trial-shoppingcart-ts

Proxy Kalix CLI command will expose service proxy connection on localhost:8080.

Test

Testing using CURL:

Create product:

curl -XPOST -d '{ 
  "quantity": 10
}' http://localhost:8080/product-stock/apple/create -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Result:

"{}"

Get product:

curl -XGET http://localhost:8080/product-stock/apple/get

Result:

{"quantity":10}

Update product:

curl -XPUT -d '{
"quantity": 20
}' http://localhost:8080/product-stock/apple/update -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Result:

"{}"

Delete product:

curl -XDELETE http://localhost:8080/product-stock/apple/delete

Result:

"{}"

octonato/kalix-trial-typescript-shoppingcart

Prerequisite

Introduction

Kalix Trial - eCommerce - TypeScript

Designing Kalix Services

Use case

Product Stock

Kalix components

Design Product Stock Kalix service

Kickstart Kalix development project

Define data structure

Define API - Product Stock Entity API

Add default ACL policy

Implementing business logic

Code generation

ProductStockEntity business logic

create endpoint

get endpoint

update endpoint

delete endpoint

Test

Unit test

Integration test

Run locally in prod-like environment

Test

Deploy and run on Kalix Platform on Cloud Provider of your choice

Proxy connection to Kalix service via Kalix CLI

Test

`create` endpoint

`get` endpoint

`update` endpoint

`delete` endpoint