vergiehadiana/appsody-backend

appsody-node-demo-backend

This demo is a simple node app representing a backend for a microservice.

It provides a single endpoint accepting http POST on /signup

Instructions

Check out this repo

run npm install to install the node dependencies

run npm audit fix to fix any audit issues

Run demo locally

npm start

goto http://localhost:3001

Try to register a new user.

curl -X POST  http://localhost:3001/signup \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"email":"carlos@example.com","name":"Carlos","previewAccess":true}' \
  -v

Kill the server with ^C

Now appsodify the code

In the root of the application run

appsody init incubator/nodejs-express none

And then lauch the server again but this time through appsody.

run appsody run -p 3001:3000 -p 9230:9229 -p 8081:8080

Go back to http://localhost:3001 Try to register a new user.

Now you have the benefit of instrumentation added by the Appsody Stack:

• Application endpoint: http://localhost:3001/
• Health endpoint: http://localhost:3001/health
• Liveness endpoint: http://localhost:3001/live
• Readiness endpoint: http://localhost:3001/ready
• Metrics endpoint: http://localhost:3001/metrics
• Dashboard endpoint: http://localhost:3001/appmetrics-dash (development only)