Restful Microservices Inter Service Example
Example of inter-service communication in a RESTful microservices architecture demonstrating the order-fulfillment workflow across Order, Inventory, Payment, and Notification services
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Restful Microservices Inter Service Example is an example object payload from RESTful Microservices, with 5 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
{
"description": "Example of inter-service communication in a RESTful microservices architecture demonstrating the order-fulfillment workflow across Order, Inventory, Payment, and Notification services",
"architecture": "RESTful Microservices",
"workflow": "Order Fulfillment",
"services": [
{
"name": "order-service",
"baseUrl": "http://order-service:8080",
"responsibility": "Manages order lifecycle and state"
},
{
"name": "inventory-service",
"baseUrl": "http://inventory-service:8081",
"responsibility": "Manages product stock and reservations"
},
{
"name": "payment-service",
"baseUrl": "http://payment-service:8082",
"responsibility": "Processes payment transactions"
},
{
"name": "notification-service",
"baseUrl": "http://notification-service:8083",
"responsibility": "Sends emails, SMS, and push notifications"
}
],
"flow": [
{
"step": 1,
"from": "API Gateway",
"to": "order-service",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "http://order-service:8080/v1/orders",
"body": {
"customerId": "cust_789",
"items": [{"sku": "WH-001", "quantity": 1}]
}
},
"response": {
"status": 202,
"body": {"orderId": "ord_456", "status": "pending"}
}
},
{
"step": 2,
"from": "order-service",
"to": "inventory-service",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "http://inventory-service:8081/v1/reservations",
"body": {
"orderId": "ord_456",
"items": [{"sku": "WH-001", "quantity": 1}]
}
},
"response": {
"status": 201,
"body": {"reservationId": "res_123", "status": "reserved"}
}
},
{
"step": 3,
"from": "order-service",
"to": "payment-service",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "http://payment-service:8082/v1/charges",
"body": {
"orderId": "ord_456",
"amount": 79.99,
"currency": "USD"
}
},
"response": {
"status": 201,
"body": {"chargeId": "ch_999", "status": "succeeded"}
}
},
{
"step": 4,
"from": "order-service",
"to": "notification-service",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "http://notification-service:8083/v1/notifications",
"body": {
"customerId": "cust_789",
"type": "order-confirmation",
"orderId": "ord_456"
}
},
"response": {
"status": 202,
"body": {"notificationId": "notif_321", "status": "queued"}
}
}
]
}