rw-api-microservice-node

RW API microservice utility for Nodejs applications

Library to register and integrate microservices in the RW API.

Supports Koa 2.x and 1.x frameworks.

Requirements

• Nodejs v11 or greater

Install

Using NPM:

npm install --save rw-api-microservice-node

Using Yarn:

yarn add rw-api-microservice-node

Use in microservice

In the listen callback of your Koa application, add the following code snippet:

const Koa = require('koa');
const RWAPIMicroservice = require('rw-api-microservice-node')

const app = new Koa();

app.use(RWAPIMicroservice.bootstrap({
  logger: logger,
  microserviceToken: '<your microservice token>',
  gatewayURL: '<your gateway URL>',
  fasltyEnabled: true,
  fastlyServiceId: '<your Fastly service id>',
  fastlyAPIKey: '<your Fastly API key>',
  awsRegion: '<your AWS region>',
  awsCloudWatchLogStreamName: '<your AWS CloudWatch log stream name>',
}))

// Make sure you add your auth-depending routes *after* bootstraping this module

const server = app.listen(process.env.PORT, () => {
  logger.info('Server started!');
});

Configuration

These are the values you'll need to provide when using this library:

See this link for details on how to get Fastly credentials.

Argument name	Type	Description	Required?	Default value
logger	Object	A bunyan logger object, for logging purposes	yes
gatewayURL	string	The URL of the API as a whole, where all other services will be reachable	yes
microserviceToken	string	JWT token to use on calls to other services	yes
skipAPIKeyRequirementEndpoints	Array	List of object containing a method and pathRegex. Incoming requests that match one of the elements on the list will bypass API Key requirement.	no
fastlyEnabled	boolean	If set to true, the Fastly integration will be enabled	yes
fastlyServiceId	string	Access credentials to the Fastly API	if Fastly enabled
fastlyAPIKey	string	Access credentials to the Fastly API	if Fastly enabled
requireAPIKey	boolean	If API keys are required. If set to true, requests with no API key automatically get a HTTP 403 response.	no	true
awsCloudWatchLoggingEnabled	boolean	If API key usage should be logged to AWS CloudWatch.	no	true
awsRegion	string	Which AWS region to use when logging requests to AWS CloudWatch.	yes
awsCloudWatchLogGroupName	string	Which CloudWatch Log Group name to use when logging requests to AWS CloudWatch.	no	'api-keys-usage'
awsCloudWatchLogStreamName	string	Which CloudWatch Log Stream name to use when logging requests to AWS CloudWatch.	yes