Arc Example App

• This app demonstrates how to create a microservice, and add functionality with an extension using Arc.

Install

npm install arc.app-example

Microservice

/microservice/example/index.js

module.exports = () => {
  return `Hello, World!`;
};

• A micoservice at it's most basic is just a node module.
• If you want to know more about microservices, check the Arc wiki.

Microservice Configuration

/microservice/example/config.js

module.exports = {
  'Example': {
    protocol   : `example-protocol-name://`,
    resource   : `example`,
    description: `This is a basic microservice example`
  }
};

• A microservice configuration is an object that has properties used for configuartions
• If you want to know about how to configure a microservice, check the Arc wiki.

The Application

/index.js

const arc          = require(`arcms`);
const apiExtension = require(`arc.extension-api`);
const config       = require(`./microservice/example/config`);

// Add the API extension to Arc and set the API extension to run on port 8080
arc.addExtension(apiExtension, {
  port: 8080
});

// Arc configures and starts an example microservice
arc(config)
  .then(() => {
    console.log(`Arc Example Online`.bold.cyan);
  });

• You can learn more about Arc extensions in the Arc wiki.
• You can learn more about configuring microservices in the Arc wiki.

Start Redis

sudo service redis-server start

Run

npm start

• View the API by visiting http://localhost:8080