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Cookiecutter Python Microservice

Cookiecutter template for a Python microservice.

  • GitHub repo: https://github.com/python-microservices/microservices-template

Features

Quick Start

Install the latest Cookiecutter if you haven't installed it yet (this requires Cookiecutter 1.4.0 or higher):

  $ pip install --upgrade virtualenv
  $ virtualenv env
  $ source env/bin/activate
  $ pip install -U cookiecutter

Generate a Python Microservice project:

  (env) $ cookiecutter https://github.com/python-microservices/microservices-template.git
    project_repo_url [https://github.com/python-microservices/microservices-scaffold]: 
    project_name [Python Microservices Boilerplate]: prueba descarga
    project_folder [prueba_descarga]: 
    project_short_description [Python Boilerplate contains all the boilerplate you need to create a Python package.]: 
    create_model_class [y]: 
    microservice_with_swagger_and_connexion [y]: 
    microservice_with_traces [y]: 
    microservice_with_metrics [y]: 
    application_root [/prueba_descarga]: 
    Select open_source_license:
    1 - MIT license
    2 - BSD license
    3 - ISC license
    4 - Apache Software License 2.0
    5 - GNU General Public License v3
    6 - Not open source
    Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [1]: 

Installation

Install with virtualenv

virtualenv --python=python[3.6|3.7|3.8] venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Install with pipenv

pip install pipenv
pipenv install

Advantages over plain pip and requirements.txt

Pipenv generates two files: a Pipfileand a Pipfile.lock. * Pipfile: Is a high level declaration of the dependencies of your project. It can contain "dev" dependencies (usually test related stuff) and "standard" dependencies which are the ones you'll need for your project to function * Pipfile.lock: Is the "list" of all the dependencies your Pipfile has installed, along with their version and their hashes. This prevents two things: Conflicts between dependencies and installing a malicious module.

For a more in-depth explanation please refer to the official documentation.

Run your python script

python manage.py runserver

Check the result

Your default endpoints will be in this url:

http://127.0.0.1:5000/films/
http://127.0.0.1:5000/actors/

This URL is set in your config.yml:

pyms:
  config:
    DEBUG: false
    TESTING: false
    APP_NAME: Template
    APPLICATION_ROOT : "" # <!---

You can acceded to a swagger ui in the next url:

http://127.0.0.1:5000/ui/

This PATH is set in your config.yml:

pyms:
  services:
    swagger:
      path: "swagger"
      file: "swagger.yaml"
      url: "/ui/" # <!---

Docker

You can dockerize this microservice wit this steps: * Create and push the image bash docker build -t films -f Dockerfile . * Run the image: bash docker run -d -p 5000:5000 films